Mangarara Farm - Greg and Rachel Hart, Elsthorpe

At Mangarara, a 600-hectare Hawke's Bay hill country property, Greg and Rachel Hart have moved from conventional sheep breeding towards regeneratively farmed beef supplied directly to butchers. In this case study they look back on two decades of change built around silvopasture, extensive tree planting and a lakeside eco lodge.

The Harts describe how integrating trees through the grazing platform has lifted animal welfare, cut fertiliser needs and pushed the farm's emissions into negative territory once carbon sequestration is counted. They close by describing farming as a long-term, evolving relationship with the land.