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If we imagine beyond the actuality of how we produce….
If we imagine beyond the actuality of how we produce….
(sticK - 16 October 2012 )
Science has served New Zealand agriculture extremely well. It should and needs to do so in the future.
It is also that pragmatic rationale approach that has delivered and developed a wonderfully integrated on-farm representation of responsible pastoralism.
Put another way, we’ve engineered a farming solution that makes best use of the temperate climate and relatively thin, bony, young soils of New Zealand.
We are one of the few countries in the world where farmers aren’t peasants.
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