Primary Industry
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IndustryResearch, Education & Institutions
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SizeSelf-employed
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Company TypeNGOs & Civil Society
50 Shades of Green continues to advocate for those New Zealanders concerned about the future of NZ’s rural communities, regional economies and precious environments, when current govt policy settings and legislation favour blanket afforestation on good NZ farmland.
NZ has seen and continues to see large tracts of good productive farming land sold and converted to blanket pine afforestation (for carbon sequestration). Both domestic and foreign investors, speculators and industrial emitters are favoured ahead of food growers as they are encouraged/enabled/subsidised to ‘launder’ their dirty GHG’s on NZ’s good productive farmland – it’s considered by many to be a travesty.
The serious and yet unintended consequences are an avalanche of sales and conversions away from grass fed pasture raised nutrient dense food growing.
What will NZ look like in 5,10 or 50 years if we aren’t able to get the government to reconsider current policy settings and legislation that have/are enabling this travesty to continue?
* No food and wool fibre * no export earnings * no farm jobs * no guardianship *
