Otago & Southland

The Fonterra Grass Roots Fund gives grants to community initiatives throughout New Zealand. Read about the Parata Rest Home in Gore, who is using their grant money to purchase wool and knitting materials. Volunteers knit hats, socks, and other clothes for newborns.

Logan Valli is not a professional boxer, but he is a professional Supervising Operator at Fonterra's Edendale site. He is hitting the ring to raise money for Koha Kai. The organisation helps to provide affordable lunches for students with disabilities in the Invercargill area.

Malcolm (Monty) Montgomery has been in the dairy industry for over 36 years and has overseen the cheese production at Fonterra Stirling for 22 years. He's featured in our Many by Many ad campaign. We sit down with Monty and talk about his love for cheese.

Our farmers are doing valuable work to help improve the environment. This year, a few of them were recognised for their achievements at the Southland Community Environment Awards. Read more about their work on our website.

Can you turn poo into power? David Dodunski, Director of the Fortuna Group, asked himself the same question. Learn more about his work in methane recovery technology on our website.

Meet some of the many people in Otago & Southland who are doing a great job producing milk and delivering the world loved dairy across the globe.

The Fonterra Grass Roots Fund awarded a grant to the Edendale Volunteer Fire Brigade. With the grant, the brigade will purchase a thermal imaging camera to respond to incidents more effectively.

Staff at Fonterra's Edendale site organised students from local schools and volunteers to clean up the Edendale and Wyndham communities. The event was inspired by Keep New Zealand Beautiful Week.

Sheldon McLean is a Southland milk tanker technician who also volunteers as a firefighter for his community. We talk to Sheldon about the great work he does with the Wallacetown community.