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- Title
- Country Calendar - The Grass is Greener
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- NZ On Screen
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- NZ On Screen
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In this episode of the long-running rural show, director and reporter Julian Cvitanovich visits the organic dairy farm of Gavin and Sheryn Fisher. From their base in Elstow in the northern Waikato, the Fishers explain the processes and benefits of going organic, as well as misconceptions about themselves and their methods. At the time of filming in 2007 Fonterra had only 70 organic suppliers out of over 12,000 herds, despite financial incentives to switch to organic. As Gavin Fisher puts it, ...
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- Video
- Date created
- 2007
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- https://www.nzonscreen.com/title/country-calendar-organic-dairy-farm-2007
- Related subjects
- national bank / waikato / organic farming / organic milk / tourism / tourists / northern waikato / cows / dairy farming / dairy farm / certified organic / gavin fisher / organic produce / vegetable garden / elstow waihou combined school / te aroha / calves / lambs / goats / deer farm / deer farming / agrisea / seaweed fertiliser / natural fertiliser / martial arts / clover / fonterra / incentives / fertiliser / worm farm / mixed martial arts / jujutsu / forage / dandelion / natural medicine / calf club day / sheryn fisher / elstow-waihou school / 2000s / 2007 / environmental issues
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