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10 Star butter named Sofi Product of the Year

Lewis Road Creamery’s 10 Star ethical grass-fed butter has been judged Product of the Year at the Sofi Awards in the United States. The Sofi Awards are presented by the not-for-profit Specialty Food Association (SFA), the leading membership trade association in the $175 billion specialty food

New Zealand butter wins prestigious U.S.A award

Lewis Road Creamery’s 10-Star Ethical Grass-fed Butter has won gold at the prestigious USA Sofi Awards.   The Sofi Awards are presented by the not-for-profit Specialty Food Association (SFA), the leading membership trade association in the $175 billion specialty food industry. Lewis Road Creamery’s 10

Farming group takes on soil carbon doubters

Southern Pastures believes NZ farmers need to be given the option of soil carbon sequestration because it will help incentivise and reward climate change mitigation.  The notion that New Zealand’s soils may not be suitable for storing carbon is being challenged by dairy farming group
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Southern Pastures deals with climate change while making money

The dairy farmer and Lewis Road Creamery owner views long-term sustainability as a tool for long-term profitability. Southern Pastures is fully committed to cutting emissions and improving biodiversity but is not a fan of He Waka Eke Noa’s plan for measuring and pricing on-farm emissions.
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New Wine In Old Bottles

OPINION: The recent extreme weather events in New Zealand, which included fatalities and significant property damage, including an estimated $1 billion to the agriculture sector alone, should makes us pause and think again of the best way forward for us to make our contribution to

Southern Pastures still greener

Ethical investor Southern Pastures, the country’s largest institutional dairy investment fund, has been judged to be a Responsible Investment Leader for the seventh year running. It remains the only organisation from New Zealand’s agriculture and food sectors to ever be included in the annual benchmark

Trailblazing a new era of sustainable farming in NZ

In an era of “dirty dairying” and animal welfare discussions, New Zealand-based limited partnership fund Southern Pastures is turning stereotypes on their heads. Not only is it a poster child of how farming ought to be done, but it’s been named on the shortlist for

The Farm of Eden

Southern Pastures is an agricultural investment firm in Aotearoa, New Zealand, with a portfolio of twenty earth-friendly dairy farms. Guided by the indigenous Māori philosophy of kaitiakitanga, Southern Pastures places long-term environmental sustainability and the welfare of animals at the forefront of its mission to

NZ dairy fund makes global sustainability short list

Ethical dairy investment fund Southern Pastures, owner of Lewis Road Creamery, has been shortlisted for the World Sustainability Awards. Southern Pastures is a finalist in the Sustainability Excellence Award. The shortlist across all 11 categories features 80 best-in-class initiatives, leaders and businesses from around the