The awards are a highlight of the PINZ Summit in Wellington, July 2-3, and celebrate and recognise innovation, excellence, collaboration and success in the farming, forestry and fishing sectors.
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A dairy farmer who has donated more than 5,000 mince meals to food banks is urging other farmers to think about supporting their local communities through The Big Feed live rural telethon. John and wife Cara Gregan milk 650 cows under the Hunter Hills .
“We read about it in the media,” John, who farms inland from Otaio, said. “We liked what they were hoping to achieve and donated a couple of beasts last year. We’ve got another one or two going next week. We’d like to keep supporting them.” He said dairy farming was going quite well, and they were happy to give back. Each beast was worth about $700. “Farmers don’t talk about these things much, but it’s had quite a lot of support.”
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Meat the Need is supporting foodbanks around the country. Langford said the high level of support from farmers and Silver Fern Farms, were critical to the charity’s success.