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"In 2024, Fonterra reported that emissions from its New Zealand dairy farms were 20 percent higher per kilo of milk than their Australian counterparts. This challenges the common refrain that New Zealand produces the world’s lowest carbon dairy."
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Hmm. That directly contradicts the NatACT's regular claims that if we properly regulate dairy farmers' carbon emissions it will reduce production here, resulting in an increase in less efficient milk powder production elsewhere.
Mind you there's an easy way to tell when NatACTs are lying; their lips are moving.
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"When it comes to CO2 produced per US$ of output, New Zealand ranks the sixth worst in the OECD.
Why is that? Because New Zealand’s agriculture sector is so heavily-weighted towards producing milk powder and other livestock products. New Zealand exports as much as 95% of our dairy – more than any other country in the world. Our nation is essentially being treated like a mine for milk powder."
"Greenpeace has long been advocating for a Billion Dollar Ecological Farming fund to support farmers to make the switch. There are tangible policies that could be implemented right now to cut emissions from agriculture.
It’s also what customers are looking for. Between 2020 and 2024, the organics sector grew from NZ$723 million to NZ$1.18 billion. Exports of organic products grew at nearly twice the rate of total primary sector exports."
@strypey I'm huge on agroecology. We are doing that in several places on Vancouver Island.
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