Amanda Larsson
@amandalarsson.bsky.social
Agriculture campaigner at Greenpeace Aotearoa (NZ).
PEOPLE vs THE CHICKEN KING: 1-0 🐔 Shout out to Zelena Akcija, Prijatelji životinja Animal Friends Croatia and local grassroot groups for their victory!
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www.greenpeace.org/internationa...
Local communities in Croatia celebrate victory against one of Europe’s largest chicken factories - Greenpeace International
This is a huge victory for people power that sends a clear message to Big Ag corporations: not here, not anywhere. Communities in Croatia have shown that when we stand together, we can stop corporatio...
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June 26, 2026 at 12:31 AM
PEOPLE vs THE CHICKEN KING: 1-0 🐔 Shout out to Zelena Akcija, Prijatelji životinja Animal Friends Croatia and local grassroot groups for their victory!
www.greenpeace.org/internationa...
www.greenpeace.org/internationa...
"For companies in the food and agriculture sectors, this anticipated legal action against JBS could signal a more aggressive wave of litigation related to climate change impacts." www.arnoldporter.com/en/perspecti...
Greenpeace’s Anticipated Lawsuit Against JBS Signals More Aggressive Action Against Food Producers for Alleged Climate Change Impacts | Environmental Edge | Blogs | Arnold & Porter
Arnold & Porter
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June 17, 2026 at 12:16 AM
"For companies in the food and agriculture sectors, this anticipated legal action against JBS could signal a more aggressive wave of litigation related to climate change impacts." www.arnoldporter.com/en/perspecti...
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It's time to stop saying that New Zealand dairy farming is the most efficient in the world.
Read the new blog from @amandalarsson.bsky.social to find out more👇 #nzpol #toomanycows
www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/sto...
Read the new blog from @amandalarsson.bsky.social to find out more👇 #nzpol #toomanycows
www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/sto...
Can we stop saying New Zealand dairy is the most efficient yet? - Greenpeace Aotearoa
It's time for New Zealand to face the music, and admit once and for all that our dairy industry is not the most efficient in the world. Here's why.
www.greenpeace.org
June 12, 2026 at 3:29 AM
It's time to stop saying that New Zealand dairy farming is the most efficient in the world.
Read the new blog from @amandalarsson.bsky.social to find out more👇 #nzpol #toomanycows
www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/sto...
Read the new blog from @amandalarsson.bsky.social to find out more👇 #nzpol #toomanycows
www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/sto...
NZ is in the grip of Fieldays - so politicians are trotting out the tired old line about NZ dairy’s efficiency. I did a wee mythbuster piece for Greenpeace that delves into the data that sits behind those claims: www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/sto...
Can we stop saying New Zealand dairy is the most efficient yet? - Greenpeace Aotearoa
It's time for New Zealand to face the music, and admit once and for all that our dairy industry is not the most efficient in the world. Here's why.
www.greenpeace.org
June 12, 2026 at 3:28 AM
NZ is in the grip of Fieldays - so politicians are trotting out the tired old line about NZ dairy’s efficiency. I did a wee mythbuster piece for Greenpeace that delves into the data that sits behind those claims: www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/sto...
Denmark just did the unthinkable: they abolished their Ministry of Agriculture, stripping industrial farming of its 130-year-old seat at the center of power.
Things look very different here in NZ, but this gives me hope. Read my thoughts on Substack: open.substack.com/pub/larssona...
Things look very different here in NZ, but this gives me hope. Read my thoughts on Substack: open.substack.com/pub/larssona...
June 7, 2026 at 10:16 PM
Denmark just did the unthinkable: they abolished their Ministry of Agriculture, stripping industrial farming of its 130-year-old seat at the center of power.
Things look very different here in NZ, but this gives me hope. Read my thoughts on Substack: open.substack.com/pub/larssona...
Things look very different here in NZ, but this gives me hope. Read my thoughts on Substack: open.substack.com/pub/larssona...
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Amazing news from Denmark which has become the first in the EU to act on scientific evidence that nitrates are dangerous to human health at levels well below the current EU limit
Are the European Commission and other EU governments paying attention?
www.greenpeace.org/eu-unit/issu...
Are the European Commission and other EU governments paying attention?
www.greenpeace.org/eu-unit/issu...
In EU first, Denmark plans to cut nitrate limit in drinking water to reduce cancer risk - Greenpeace European Unit
The new Danish government plans to lower the level of nitrate in drinking water, which mainly comes from agricultural sources and is linked to colorectal and bowel cancer risk
www.greenpeace.org
June 3, 2026 at 11:28 AM
Amazing news from Denmark which has become the first in the EU to act on scientific evidence that nitrates are dangerous to human health at levels well below the current EU limit
Are the European Commission and other EU governments paying attention?
www.greenpeace.org/eu-unit/issu...
Are the European Commission and other EU governments paying attention?
www.greenpeace.org/eu-unit/issu...
Would you like to live next to a facility that slaughters 100 million chickens a year? I wouldn’t. And the local community isn't having it either.
www.greenpeace.org/internationa...
www.greenpeace.org/internationa...
“Hvala, Ali Ne!” – How a Small Croatian Town is Taking on a Big Ag Giant - Greenpeace International
Would you like to live next to a facility that slaughters 100 million chickens a year? I wouldn’t.
www.greenpeace.org
May 15, 2026 at 12:34 AM
Would you like to live next to a facility that slaughters 100 million chickens a year? I wouldn’t. And the local community isn't having it either.
www.greenpeace.org/internationa...
www.greenpeace.org/internationa...
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A new Danish study has linked nitrate in drinking water to an increased risk of stomach cancer, at levels much lower than New Zealand's current legal limits. Drinking water nitrate has also been linked to an increased risk of bowel cancer and preterm birth.
May 14, 2026 at 10:40 PM
A new Danish study has linked nitrate in drinking water to an increased risk of stomach cancer, at levels much lower than New Zealand's current legal limits. Drinking water nitrate has also been linked to an increased risk of bowel cancer and preterm birth.
This article is a powerful must-ready by @greenpeaceafrica.org Food Campaigner, Elizabeth Atieno. www.greenpeace.org/internationa...
How JBS, the world’s largest meat company, is gearing up to plunder Nigerians’ land for corporate profit - Greenpeace International
After Greenpeace Netherlands initiated legal action demanding meat giant JBS disclose details of its planned $6 billion global expansion, almost half of which is earmarked for Nigeria, JBS has been te...
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May 15, 2026 at 12:13 AM
This article is a powerful must-ready by @greenpeaceafrica.org Food Campaigner, Elizabeth Atieno. www.greenpeace.org/internationa...
What is even more upsetting is how avoidable this is. People have been demanding change for years. www.youtube.com/watch?v=9WDl...
May 13, 2026 at 1:35 AM
What is even more upsetting is how avoidable this is. People have been demanding change for years. www.youtube.com/watch?v=9WDl...
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They should have seen it coming. They might have just made a major tactical error.
Activists from @greenpeace.nl disrupted the shareholders meeting, raining fake blood over the hotel entrance with a banner reading: ‘JBS: Keep Your Bloody Business Out of Africa’.
www.greenpeace.org/internationa...
Activists from @greenpeace.nl disrupted the shareholders meeting, raining fake blood over the hotel entrance with a banner reading: ‘JBS: Keep Your Bloody Business Out of Africa’.
www.greenpeace.org/internationa...
The letter the world’s largest meat company wished would never be written - Greenpeace International
Today, Greenpeace Netherlands activists disrupted the shareholder meeting of the world's largest meat company, JBS, causing the meeting to be cancelled. Meanwhile, Greenpeace Netherlands has initiated...
www.greenpeace.org
April 30, 2026 at 2:29 PM
They should have seen it coming. They might have just made a major tactical error.
Activists from @greenpeace.nl disrupted the shareholders meeting, raining fake blood over the hotel entrance with a banner reading: ‘JBS: Keep Your Bloody Business Out of Africa’.
www.greenpeace.org/internationa...
Activists from @greenpeace.nl disrupted the shareholders meeting, raining fake blood over the hotel entrance with a banner reading: ‘JBS: Keep Your Bloody Business Out of Africa’.
www.greenpeace.org/internationa...
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“Fonterra claimed that its Anchor Butter was ‘100% New Zealand grass-fed’, but that isn’t true. Fonterra dairy cows can be fed up to three kilograms of palm kernel a day - an imported feed linked to rainforest destruction." - Sinéad Deighton-O'Flynn, Greenpeace
www.nzherald.co.nz/business/fon...
www.nzherald.co.nz/business/fon...
Fonterra, Greenpeace settle over misleading '100% New Zealand grass-fed' butter claims
Greenpeace filed a lawsuit against Fonterra in 2024 over what it called 'greenwashing'.
www.nzherald.co.nz
April 1, 2026 at 12:22 AM
“Fonterra claimed that its Anchor Butter was ‘100% New Zealand grass-fed’, but that isn’t true. Fonterra dairy cows can be fed up to three kilograms of palm kernel a day - an imported feed linked to rainforest destruction." - Sinéad Deighton-O'Flynn, Greenpeace
www.nzherald.co.nz/business/fon...
www.nzherald.co.nz/business/fon...
Landmark submission to Africa’s highest court frames fossil fuels, deforestation and extractive industrial agriculture as not development but human rights violations. @greenpeaceafrica.org www.greenpeace.org/africa/en/pr...
Greenpeace Africa urges African Court to recognise climate destruction as a human rights violation - Greenpeace Africa
Landmark submission to Africa’s highest court frames fossil fuels, deforestation and extractive industrial agriculture as not development but human rights violations
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March 31, 2026 at 2:06 AM
Landmark submission to Africa’s highest court frames fossil fuels, deforestation and extractive industrial agriculture as not development but human rights violations. @greenpeaceafrica.org www.greenpeace.org/africa/en/pr...
Sitting here in the South Pacific, watching the election in Denmark, where water pollution from industrial livestock has become a massive election issue.
@greenpeace.org.nz is calling on NZ to lower nitrate health limit in line with science. www.nzdoctor.co.nz/article/undo...
@greenpeace.org.nz is calling on NZ to lower nitrate health limit in line with science. www.nzdoctor.co.nz/article/undo...
Renewed calls for Govt to lower nitrate contamination limits, following Danish precedent
In an open letter launched this morning, Greenpeace is calling on the New Zealand Government to put public health above industry profits by lowering the legal limit for nitrate in drinking water
www.nzdoctor.co.nz
March 11, 2026 at 4:56 AM
Sitting here in the South Pacific, watching the election in Denmark, where water pollution from industrial livestock has become a massive election issue.
@greenpeace.org.nz is calling on NZ to lower nitrate health limit in line with science. www.nzdoctor.co.nz/article/undo...
@greenpeace.org.nz is calling on NZ to lower nitrate health limit in line with science. www.nzdoctor.co.nz/article/undo...
Our global food system is dangerously addicted to chemical fertilisers, which are essentially repackaged fossil fuels. Here’s why food bills could be about to soar: www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/sto...
#ClimateSky #Agriculture #FoodSecurity
#ClimateSky #Agriculture #FoodSecurity
War on Iran, fertiliser, and the soaring price of your supermarket bill - Greenpeace Aotearoa
The war on Iran hasn’t just caused a shipping delay. It has exposed how our global food systems are vulnerable - dependent on synthetic fertilisers.
www.greenpeace.org
March 10, 2026 at 1:10 AM
Our global food system is dangerously addicted to chemical fertilisers, which are essentially repackaged fossil fuels. Here’s why food bills could be about to soar: www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/sto...
#ClimateSky #Agriculture #FoodSecurity
#ClimateSky #Agriculture #FoodSecurity
"If there is a coherent throughline to the totality of the Government’s climate policies, it can only be a willingness to INCREASE New Zealand’s contribution to global warming." - @marcdaalder.bsky.social newsroom.co.nz/2025/11/07/g...
Govt's climate strategy: Let it burn
Comment: The Government has relentlessly pursued policies that boost climate pollution – even if they cost more or jeopardise NZ's reputation, Marc Daalder writes
newsroom.co.nz
November 10, 2025 at 2:10 AM
"If there is a coherent throughline to the totality of the Government’s climate policies, it can only be a willingness to INCREASE New Zealand’s contribution to global warming." - @marcdaalder.bsky.social newsroom.co.nz/2025/11/07/g...
Govt ‘captured by industry’ on methane – Rod Carr
"The new target is in stark contrast to the Climate Change Commission’s most recent advice to strengthen the target, but exactly lines up with a wishlist from agricultural lobby groups"
www.carbonnews.co.nz/news/35796/g...
"The new target is in stark contrast to the Climate Change Commission’s most recent advice to strengthen the target, but exactly lines up with a wishlist from agricultural lobby groups"
www.carbonnews.co.nz/news/35796/g...
Politics
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October 20, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Govt ‘captured by industry’ on methane – Rod Carr
"The new target is in stark contrast to the Climate Change Commission’s most recent advice to strengthen the target, but exactly lines up with a wishlist from agricultural lobby groups"
www.carbonnews.co.nz/news/35796/g...
"The new target is in stark contrast to the Climate Change Commission’s most recent advice to strengthen the target, but exactly lines up with a wishlist from agricultural lobby groups"
www.carbonnews.co.nz/news/35796/g...
“Just like in NZ, we are up against powerful agribusiness interests spinning misleading narratives to block real climate action. Gvt must resist commercial pressure and start reprioritising people, planet & future." - Thomas O’Connor, Irish agroecological farmer www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
Ireland urged not to follow New Zealand in changing methane targets
New Zealand’s government to rewrite its climate law and row back on emissions commitments
www.irishtimes.com
October 15, 2025 at 10:46 PM
“Just like in NZ, we are up against powerful agribusiness interests spinning misleading narratives to block real climate action. Gvt must resist commercial pressure and start reprioritising people, planet & future." - Thomas O’Connor, Irish agroecological farmer www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
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I was quoted about New Zealand's rowing back of ambition on methane in Bloomberg this week:
www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
To explain why New Zealand’s new methane target puts the Global Methane Pledge (and ultimately climate targets) at risk. 🧵
www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
To explain why New Zealand’s new methane target puts the Global Methane Pledge (and ultimately climate targets) at risk. 🧵
www.bloomberg.com
October 14, 2025 at 3:03 PM
I was quoted about New Zealand's rowing back of ambition on methane in Bloomberg this week:
www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
To explain why New Zealand’s new methane target puts the Global Methane Pledge (and ultimately climate targets) at risk. 🧵
www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
To explain why New Zealand’s new methane target puts the Global Methane Pledge (and ultimately climate targets) at risk. 🧵
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My recent comments on NZ methane targets summarised here.
theconversation.com/a-lack-of-am...
theconversation.com/a-lack-of-am...
A ‘lack of ambition’ over livestock emissions targets now threatens NZ’s reputation and trade
The government’s weakened methane reduction target mirrors the approach promoted by industry lobby groups but rejected by the Climate Change Commission.
theconversation.com
October 14, 2025 at 5:14 AM
My recent comments on NZ methane targets summarised here.
theconversation.com/a-lack-of-am...
theconversation.com/a-lack-of-am...
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So Luxon seems to think that he's doing farmers a solid by weakening action on methane. I guess Federated Farmers and Beef + Lamb are banking on Government bailouts when the consequences come home to roost? www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
Climate change effects expected to hurt farm viability in next decade, study finds
A new report found irrigated dairy farms are particularly at risk because water supplies are expected to become less reliable in some areas.
www.rnz.co.nz
October 13, 2025 at 2:11 AM
So Luxon seems to think that he's doing farmers a solid by weakening action on methane. I guess Federated Farmers and Beef + Lamb are banking on Government bailouts when the consequences come home to roost? www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
Oh the irony of hosting your country's biggest ever climate conference the literal day after your Government rewrite its climate law to weaken action... www.rnz.co.nz/news/country...
Global leaders, scientists gather for New Zealand's largest ever climate event in Christchurch
The Adaptation Futures Conference, recognised as the world's largest and most influential climate adaptation gathering begins in Christchurch today.
www.rnz.co.nz
October 13, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Oh the irony of hosting your country's biggest ever climate conference the literal day after your Government rewrite its climate law to weaken action... www.rnz.co.nz/news/country...
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Pretty much.
So we don't care about climate change. Farmers can sit back and continue to pollute while being paid well for their milk and meat.
October 12, 2025 at 5:22 AM
Pretty much.