Who are Dairy Environment Leaders?
Dairy Environment Leaders are farmers who may be involved in a range of initiatives, including improving water quality, reviewing their farm system to reduce its environmental footprint, assisting other dairy farmers in the consultation process with regional councils or engaging with the public by hosting school children on-farm.
They work to achieve better outcomes for the environment and farming, and make things happen and are active in our communities at grass-roots level, on boards and local committees.
Dairy Environment Leaders' Annual Forum
The 2018 Dairy Environment Leaders Forum was held in Wellington on December 4-6, where around 100 dairy farmers and associated guest speakers took part in the three-day event.
The annual farmer-led forum, held since 2013, is an invaluable opportunity for the farmer leaders to be inspired, motivated and empowered, evaluate their progress and set goals for their regional and national initiatives.
The diverse backgrounds of Dairy Environment Leaders means a considerable amount of farming and industry knowledge is brought to the annual forum where around 100 leaders meet to accelerate positive change for the dairy industry.
At the forum, farmer leaders:
- work on individual, regional and national action plans
- attend skills sessions and workshops and build on existing leadership skills
- celebrate individual and industry successes
- share their knowledge and experience, and learn from each other.
2018 photo gallery
Dairy Environment Leaders' Forum 2018 speaker and leader interviews
Are you keen to get involved?
Dairy environment leaders are committed to:
- Environmental progress and stewardship
- Engaging with and enhancing communities
- Improving the public perception of farming
- Investing time and action to lead change for the industry.
If you want to be part of the Dairy Environment Leaders network please contact DEL@dairynz.co.nz.