Shortly after Fonterra released its highly criticised freshwater plan last week, Dairy NZ has followed suit and released their \u201cstrategy\u201d to clean up New Zealand’s rivers. <\/p>\n
\u201cThe dairy leadership is betraying New Zealanders with their cynical PR spin.\u201d says Greenpeace campaigner Gen Toop.<\/p>\n
\u201cNew Zealanders have shown they are deeply concerned about the impact intensive dairy has had on our rivers. DairyNZ, Fonterra and Federated Farmers have responded with gutless plans designed to pull the wool over people\u2019s eyes\u201d she says.<\/p>\n
\u201cDairyNZ\u2019s latest plan is full of crap, just like our rivers. It isn\u2019t worth the paper it\u2019s printed on,\u201d <\/p>\n
DairyNZ\u2019s plan states that they do not support the blanket capping of production or cow numbers as the first-best solution to clean up NZ\u2019s rivers.<\/p>\n
\u201cDairyNZ and Fonterra still don\u2019t have the guts to tackle the issue head on and commit to the only thing that will save our rivers, which is fewer cows.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cA chorus of freshwater scientists and environmental organisations are calling for a reduction in the national dairy cow herd, but the dairy leadership still fails to admit the simple truth that New Zealand has too many cows.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cUnfortunately, the leadership’s constant inaction and propaganda is not going to do any favours for New Zealand’s dairy farmers – who need to urgently clean up their farming systems and win back the public\u2019s trust before their social license completely curdles in the sun.\u201d<\/p>\n
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