As pressure mounts to farm more sustainably and reduce emissions, town and country groups are becoming increasingly polarised on the future of dairy farming in New Zealand. University of Canterbury political scientist Professor Bronwyn Hayward says the environmental crisis needs to be viewed as a shared problem, and we need to find more opportunities to connect across communities on this issue.
“We also have to be very thoughtful and targeted about this, because it’s too easy to inflame our differences.”
