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Land Health

See one way farmers are looking after the land for future generations.

Grass Fed Cows

Find out what makes our milk special.

Caring for our Waterways

Check out one of the ways our Farmers are caring for our waterways.

Check out some other great stories

Taranaki farm embraces te ao Māori

A profitable dairy farm doesn't have to come at the cost of the environment, say South Taranaki dairy farmers Jane and Damian Roper.

May 03, 2021

Grass Fed All The Way

December 17, 2020

Living Water – Seven facts for seven years

December 01, 2020

Reducing emissions with the help of seaweed

July 24, 2020

NZ streets ahead in sustainable farming

Trish Rankin, the 2019 Fonterra Dairy Woman of the Year, attended last month’s Harvard Business School’s Agribusiness Seminar in Boston.

February 10, 2020

Every farm to get a unique biological emissions profile

Because what gets measured, gets managed

July 31, 2019

Planting the Ashburton Hakatere River Trail

Volunteers from Fonterra and other environmental initiatives descended on the Ashburton Hakatere River Trail to help plant around 500 trees along the riverbank.

November 22, 2017

Farmer restores whitebait for future generations

Over the past few years Fonterra dairy farmer Stu Muir has been restoring the once stagnant stream on the boundary of his Waikato farm to create 20 whitebait spawning ponds with grasses, flaxes, kahikatia, kowhai, mahoe and other wetland trees.

October 25, 2017

Farmers band together to improve local waterway

Finding the balance between making a profit and farming sustainably has always been at the forefront of Fonterra farmer Paul Warneford’s mind.

October 20, 2017

Sustainable & tech-savvy farmers recognised at Farm Environment Awards

Lisa and Paul Charmley won the LIC Dairy Farm Award and the Massey University Award for Innovation in 2017. Paul is a fourth generation farmer, and the couple has transitioned from more traditional methods to a high-tech business. Learn about how they maintain an efficient, tech-savvy farm on our website.

March 28, 2017