The Who Behind Southern Pastures
It was fortunate that the founder, Prem Maan, whose mantra, “Never make a crisis go to waste” is deeply instilled in everyone at Southern Pastures, was onboard to drive forward thinking around climate change resilience. The lessons learned from this event were crucial the continued success of the farms. The strategic purchase of another 10 farms in a more Southern region — the Canterbury Plains, created a balanced risk strategy.
Ensuring the animals always had a well stocked pantry whether through natural grazing or stored silage bunkers, formed the foundational basis of it all. Reinvigorating the soil biome to enhance climate resilience was a key focus. On farms once void of life, the team introduced multi species pastures, four kinds of earth worms, dung beetles, biochar, probiotics, plus hectares of planted and rejuvenating native flora.
The Fund
Southern Pastures is proudly funded by New Zealanders and European pension funds, representing the hard-working citizens who trust their savings to support ethical investments. It’s about people like you and me putting our money into something real and value-driven. With New Zealand, Sweden, and Germany ranking among the world’s most trusted countries, it’s no surprise that AP1, part of the Swedish Government, has found a natural alignment with Southern Pastures’ values.
New Zealand also leads the way in transparency, topping global business indices, and enjoys a stable, centrist, democratic government. As the first self-governing country to grant women the right to vote back in 1893, we’ve always been at the forefront of positive change—and it looks like we’re still pushing boundaries today again!
Leadership
Our management team has some fine attributes when it comes to values and backgrounds. A mix of cultures and hands on local and global experience in technical farming, farm ownership, agricultural research, funds management and investment banking, sports leadership and management, and niche business industry provides intellectual rigour and fortitude to decision making.
