{"id":68494,"date":"2025-02-20T13:18:38","date_gmt":"2025-02-20T00:18:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/?page_id=68494"},"modified":"2026-07-16T12:16:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T00:16:09","slug":"farming-and-agriculture","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/explore\/farming-and-agriculture\/","title":{"rendered":"Farming and agriculture"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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Agriculture<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Everyone deserves fresh, healthy food grown in a way that\u2019s good for the climate, rivers, wildlife and communities.<\/p>\n<\/div>

\"Fonterra<\/figure><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Agriculture in New Zealand<\/h2>\n\n

Over the past thirty years, farming in New Zealand has changed. Family farms are steadily being replaced by corporate, monoculture farms, with dairy cows crammed into every corner.<\/p>\n\n

Intensive dairying is making the climate, the water and our communities sick. Industrial agriculture is New Zealand\u2019s biggest climate polluter, largely thanks to all those dairy cows. Aotearoa’s rivers and lakes are in the worst state they\u2019ve ever been. Even our drinking water<\/a> is at risk.<\/p>\n\n

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Take action today<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

We want you to take action because together we’re strong.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n