Top image credit: Wild Meadows Farm Customers in Auckland and Northland can now buy regenerative meat via two websites. Out the farm gate was set up by farmers to "help farmers sell directly to consumer, ensuring transparency, fair pricing, and meat you can feel good about eating". There are currently five farms listed on the … Continue reading Farm to table regenerative meat
Here is even more evidence for the value of ruminants for climate healing - this time it is European Bison. This article from the Guardian makes the staggering claim that a herd of 170 bison could help store the CO2 equivalence of almost two million cars! European bison in Romania. Image credit: Michel Doutemont, The … Continue reading Rewilding and cooling with ruminants
On Saturday we had a screning of the Regenerating Life movie. I highly recommend it. Here are a few resources for those that want to know more about some of the people that featured in the film. Walter Jehne Here is Walter at Northtec in 2020. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6VHMeO-1X0c&t=163s Among the NorthTec videos you will find Walter … Continue reading Regenerating Life- some resources
New Zealand's climate policy remains fickle and ineffective. This month the Climate Change Commission released its report 2023 Draft advice to inform the strategic direction of the Government’s second emissions reduction plan. We are drifting in the right direction but examining our progress over the last decade reveals climate policy still grounded in reductionist thinking. … Continue reading Trees are not just carbon receptacles
Learning from other countries Header image credit: JustDiggit Cyclone Gabrielle was a big wake-up call for Aotearoa (New Zealand) with most people making the connection with climate change. We can learn from countries that have been dealing with weather much more extreme than ours. Australia and California come to mind, swinging as they go between … Continue reading Changing how we plan land use, part two
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