@RaoulDukeM to Aotearoa / New ZealandEnglish • 1 year agoNew Zealand falls out of love with sheep farming as lucrative pine forests spreadwww.theguardian.commessage-square31arrow-up136arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up135arrow-down1external-linkNew Zealand falls out of love with sheep farming as lucrative pine forests spreadwww.theguardian.com@RaoulDukeM to Aotearoa / New ZealandEnglish • 1 year agomessage-square31file-text
Sheep numbers in sharp decline as farmers increasingly shift to forestry, fuelled by demand to earn carbon credits
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish4•1 year agoIt’s not that great… Any kind of monoculture is laying waste to the surrounding area.
minus-square@TagMeInSkipIGotThislinkEnglish2•1 year agoOnly if you’re spraying to kill off the gorse, broom, ragwort & thistle ;)
minus-square@BalpeenHammerlinkEnglish2•1 year agoHave you ever seen a paddock that isn’t just grass eaten to the nub?
It’s not that great… Any kind of monoculture is laying waste to the surrounding area.
Aren’t paddocks even worse monoculture?
Only if you’re spraying to kill off the gorse, broom, ragwort & thistle ;)
Have you ever seen a paddock that isn’t just grass eaten to the nub?