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An ambitious large-scale planting project in the Wairau Valley aims to return farmland to indigenous forest and create a biodiversity hotspot that doubles as a carbon pool.

Freshwater Farm Plan Industry Guidelines

Four New Zealand farmers have been selected as finalists in this year’s Zimmatic Trailblazer Sustainable Irrigation Awards.

Net zero - a new climate change goal

New Zealand's leadership on sustainability is the 'goldmine' that has to be unlocked, says Silver Fern Farms (SFF) chief executive Dan Boulton.

New Zealand’s wine industry needs to change the way it talks about packaging, say industry leaders in an “expanding niche market”.

New Zealand companies who believe they can’t afford to operate sustainably in today’s tough economy are being offered help to tackle one of the biggest challenges they face – unclear Return on Investment (ROI).

OPINION: Recently I spent a couple of days on the Macca's site at Fieldays.

A major focus for Fieldays in recent years has involved responding to the agricultural sector’s pressing challenges of environmental sustainability, climate mitigation and food production.

The a2 Milk Company (a2MC) is providing $440,000 to 18 farms across Southland, Canterbury and the Waikato in the third round of its a2 Farm Sustainability Fund in New Zealand.