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High Country Farmers Named 2024 National Ambassadors For Sustainable Farming And Growing

Friday, 21 June 2024, 8:15 am | New Zealand Farm Environment Trust

Hamish and Simon Guild of High Peak Station in Canterbury have been announced as the 2024 National Ambassadors for Sustainable Farming and Growing and recipients of the Gordon Stephenson Trophy at the National Sustainability Showcase at Claudelands ... More >>

Bay Of Plenty BFEA Regional Supreme Winners Announced

Saturday, 9 March 2024, 3:04 pm | New Zealand Farm Environment Trust

Te Puke beef farmers Blair Linton, Linda Ellison and Robert Linton of Te Ranga Farms take out the Regional Supreme Award at the Bay of Plenty Ballance Farm Environment Awards. The family behind Te Ranga Farms is focused on optimising the farming system, ... More >>

Southland Ballance Farm Environment Award Winners Announced

Wednesday, 5 April 2023, 5:44 am | New Zealand Farm Environment Trust

A focus on family and productivity sees fifth-generation sheep and beef farmers take out the Regional Supreme Award at the Southland Ballance Farm Environment Awards Cameron and Robert Grant of Croydon have been announced as Regional Supreme Winners ... More >>

Sheep, Beef And Deer Farmers From Hawke’s Bay Announced As New National Ambassadors For Sustainable Farming And Growing

Friday, 26 March 2021, 6:17 pm | New Zealand Farm Environment Trust

Linda and Evan Potter Evan and Linda Potter, of Central Hawke's Bay hill country property, Waipapa, (sheep, beef and deer) are the new National Ambassadors for Sustainable Farming and Growing and the recipients of the Gordon Stephenson Trophy. The announcement ... More >>

Wairarapa Sheep Farmer Rob Dick Is On A Mission To Reduce His Property’s Environmental Footprint As Quickly As Possible

Monday, 2 November 2020, 6:40 pm | New Zealand Farm Environment Trust

Wairarapa sheep farmer Rob Dick is on a mission to reduce his property’s environmental footprint as quickly as possible – and his approach starts with the soil. The actions he’s taking to manage his carbon footprint earned him Greater Wellington’s Synlait ... More >>

Ballance Farm Environment Awards – Waikato Entries Open

Saturday, 17 October 2020, 6:29 am | New Zealand Farm Environment Trust

Waikato farmers and growers are encouraged to get their entries in now for the region’s 2021 Ballance Farm Environment Awards (BFEA) – no matter where they are on their journey. The New Zealand Farm Environment Trust is working with the Waikato BFEA ... More >>

Goat Farming Entrepreneurs Take Top Spot At Auckland Ballance Farm Environment Awards

Thursday, 28 May 2020, 7:07 am | New Zealand Farm Environment Trust

Oete Goat Farm's Mathew and Sarah Bolton. Mathew and Sarah Bolton have been named 2020 Regional Supreme Winners at the Auckland Ballance Farm Environment Awards, run by the New Zealand Farm Environment Trust. The awards champion sustainable farming ... More >>

Family Sheep And Beef Farm Takes Top Regional Spot At Taranaki Ballance Farm Environment Awards

Thursday, 21 May 2020, 6:05 am | New Zealand Farm Environment Trust

A long-term commitment to environmental stewardship has earned Rukumoana Farms the top spot at Taranaki’s Ballance Farm Environment Awards, run by the New Zealand Farm Environment Trust. The awards champion sustainable farming and growing through ... More >>

Beef And Dairy Grazing Farmers Take Top Regional Spot At Otago Ballance Farm Environment Awards

Thursday, 7 May 2020, 6:37 am | New Zealand Farm Environment Trust

A passion for farming has led to Anna & Ben Gillespie being named Regional Supreme Winners at the Otago Ballance Farm Environment Awards, run by the New Zealand Farm Environment Trust. The awards champion sustainable farming and growing through ... More >>

Biodiversity Leaders Announced Regional Supreme Winners Of Waikato Ballance Farm Environment Awards

Thursday, 30 April 2020, 7:53 am | New Zealand Farm Environment Trust

Mark and Felicity Brough have been named 2020 Regional Supreme Winners in the Waikato Ballance Farm Environment Awards run by the New Zealand Farm Environment Trust. The awards champion sustainable farming and growing through a programme which sees one ... More >>

Sustainable Vegetable Producer Wins Top Spot At Horizons Ballance Farm Environment Awards

Thursday, 23 April 2020, 7:54 am | New Zealand Farm Environment Trust

Woodhaven Gardens has been named 2020 Regional Supreme Winner at the Horizons Ballance Farm Environment Awards, run by the New Zealand Farm Environment Trust. The awards champion sustainable farming and growing through a programme which sees one Regional ... More >>

2020 Ballance Farm Environment Award Announcements - A New Approach

Friday, 10 April 2020, 7:53 am | New Zealand Farm Environment Trust

Ballance Farm Environment Award entrants are known for their innovation and we’re reflecting this by taking an innovative approach to announcing this year’s award recipients. Due to the nationwide Covid-19 response, we’re replacing our remaining ... More >>

New partnership supports sustainable future for NZ farming

Monday, 3 February 2020, 2:56 pm | New Zealand Farm Environment Trust

We’re delighted to announce that Ruralco has become a strategic partner of the New Zealand Farm Environment Trust and will be aligned with the nationwide Ballance Farm Environment Awards. More >>

National Ambassadors for Sustainable Farming, Growing chosen

Saturday, 8 June 2019, 10:52 am | New Zealand Farm Environment Trust

Adrian and Pauline Ball, owners and operators of Dennley Farms Ltd, are the new National Ambassadors for Sustainable Farming and Growing and the recipients of the Gordon Stephenson Trophy. More >>

Tell your story by entering Ballance Farm Environment Awards

Wednesday, 1 August 2018, 12:07 pm | New Zealand Farm Environment Trust

Farmers and growers are being encouraged to enter the Ballance Farm Environment Awards for 2018/19. The awards are organised by the New Zealand Farm Environment Trust, a charity set up to promote sustainable farming and growing. More >>

Ambassadors happy to knuckle down at home

Thursday, 14 September 2017, 10:13 am | New Zealand Farm Environment Trust

Taranaki farmers Peter and Nicola Carver are pleased to be back on their farm after a trip to Wellington as the National Ambassadors for Sustainable Farming. More >>

Farm Environment Trust Adds More Talent To Board

Tuesday, 29 November 2016, 11:58 am | New Zealand Farm Environment Trust

Simon Stokes, Michael Jamieson and Jon Lee were officially welcomed to the NZFE board at the Trust’s annual meeting on October 31. More >>

Ballance Farm Environment Awards Highlight Good Work

Monday, 15 August 2016, 12:31 pm | New Zealand Farm Environment Trust

Entering the Auckland Ballance Farm Environment Awards gave Patumahoe dairy farmers Brian and Pirkko Gallagher a chance to showcase some of the good work they’d been doing on their farm. More >>

Recipients of the Gordon Stephenson Trophy

Monday, 27 June 2016, 10:22 am | New Zealand Farm Environment Trust

Richard and Dianne clearly share a deep passion for their family’s show piece farm on the edge of Auckland city. Their beef breeding and sheep breeding and finishing operation runs 4820 stock units on 331ha (effective) with a pine woodlot established ... More >>

Farm Environment Trophy Awarded To Helensville Couple

Thursday, 23 June 2016, 10:38 am | New Zealand Farm Environment Trust

Auckland farmers Richard and Dianne Kidd are the National Winners of the 2016 Ballance Farm Environment Awards. More >>

 

 
 
 
 
 

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