Transforming Soil Legacies

Transforming Soil Legacies

Revitalise Te Taiao

These four videos from the Rere ki Uta, Rere ki Tai pilot of Revitalise Te Taiao follow dairy farmers in the Bay of Plenty and Waikato who set out to improve the mana and mauri of their soil. The farms are Mangatea, run by Tainui Group Holdings, Scylla Farm at Pukehina, Wilith Farm and Stanfred Farm. Each farmer explains what they changed on their farm and what happened in the soil as a result.

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