"When faced with skyrocketing pesticide and nitrate levels in its drinking water supply, the city of Munich, Germany bypassed expensive chemical treatment plans and chose a radical path: they tackled the contamination at its very root."
via Thefarmacyreal
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via Thefarmacyreal
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September 27, 2026 at 9:03 PM
Of course Luxon’s new Chief Science advisor is a dairy industry guy.
#TooManyCows #TooMuchInfluence #nzpol
#TooManyCows #TooMuchInfluence #nzpol
May 6, 2025 at 6:59 AM
Of course Luxon’s new Chief Science advisor is a dairy industry guy.
#TooManyCows #TooMuchInfluence #nzpol
#TooManyCows #TooMuchInfluence #nzpol
"Intensive dairying is only wildly profitable as long as the sector is allowed a free ride to produce massive pollution impacts"
The principle that the polluter should pay has long been central to environmental regulation but does not apply to dairy farming
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
The principle that the polluter should pay has long been central to environmental regulation but does not apply to dairy farming
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
John Gibbons: Saying nuclear power is better for the environment than solar is ludicrous
The idea that intensive dairy farming is some kind of pastoral idyll with no impact on the environment has been allowed to take hold to the point that serious people are now suggesting nuclear reactor...
www.irishexaminer.com
November 5, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Hey @fonterranz.bsky.social maybe you should just tell the truth to global consumers that you are fuelling rainforest destruction? Of if you won't then the international media will have to do it for you. Better still, stop using palm kernel. www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
New Zealand's Fonterra admits 'grass-fed' label may mislead shoppers after Greenpeace lawsuit
New Zealand's Fonterra said on Wednesday it had settled a lawsuit filed by environmental group Greenpeace by admitting the label on one of its products was likely to mislead some shoppers about what...
www.reuters.com
April 1, 2026 at 2:13 AM
BREAKING
New Zealand’s largest ever study into drinking water nitrate has confirmed serious contamination levels of rural peoples’ drinking water.
#TooManyCows #nzpol
New Zealand’s largest ever study into drinking water nitrate has confirmed serious contamination levels of rural peoples’ drinking water.
#TooManyCows #nzpol
September 30, 2025 at 4:51 AM
BREAKING
New Zealand’s largest ever study into drinking water nitrate has confirmed serious contamination levels of rural peoples’ drinking water.
#TooManyCows #nzpol
New Zealand’s largest ever study into drinking water nitrate has confirmed serious contamination levels of rural peoples’ drinking water.
#TooManyCows #nzpol
Stop making fun of older kids who still believe in Santa, there are grown men who still believe NZ’s intensive dairy industry has a future.
#TooManyCows #nzpol
#TooManyCows #nzpol
December 23, 2024 at 10:20 PM
Stop making fun of older kids who still believe in Santa, there are grown men who still believe NZ’s intensive dairy industry has a future.
#TooManyCows #nzpol
#TooManyCows #nzpol
💡Fonterra has agreed to sell Anchor Butter etc. for $3.845 billion.
Since we've ALL paid the price of decades of excessive pollution of our fresh water and the climate by intensive dairy, that money should now go into fixing the damage!
#MakePollutersPay #nzpol #TooManyCows
Since we've ALL paid the price of decades of excessive pollution of our fresh water and the climate by intensive dairy, that money should now go into fixing the damage!
#MakePollutersPay #nzpol #TooManyCows
August 23, 2025 at 9:36 AM
💡Fonterra has agreed to sell Anchor Butter etc. for $3.845 billion.
Since we've ALL paid the price of decades of excessive pollution of our fresh water and the climate by intensive dairy, that money should now go into fixing the damage!
#MakePollutersPay #nzpol #TooManyCows
Since we've ALL paid the price of decades of excessive pollution of our fresh water and the climate by intensive dairy, that money should now go into fixing the damage!
#MakePollutersPay #nzpol #TooManyCows
The really incredible thing about the price of butter is how few are talking about what all that butter REALLY costs us in polluted rivers, soil destruction, contaminated drinking water and climate emissions.
#TooManyCows #nzpol #ClimateChange
#TooManyCows #nzpol #ClimateChange
July 26, 2025 at 9:49 PM
The really incredible thing about the price of butter is how few are talking about what all that butter REALLY costs us in polluted rivers, soil destruction, contaminated drinking water and climate emissions.
#TooManyCows #nzpol #ClimateChange
#TooManyCows #nzpol #ClimateChange
Remember when the Key Govt vilified & got their Dirty Politics attack dogs onto ecologist Mike Joy for daring to say #TooManyCows
He warned us.
Awesome work @domesticanimal.bsky.social
He warned us.
Awesome work @domesticanimal.bsky.social
September 18, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Remember when the Key Govt vilified & got their Dirty Politics attack dogs onto ecologist Mike Joy for daring to say #TooManyCows
He warned us.
Awesome work @domesticanimal.bsky.social
He warned us.
Awesome work @domesticanimal.bsky.social
If you think the environmental impact of AI is bad, wait until you hear about the dairy industry.
#TooManyCows
#TooManyCows
January 6, 2026 at 6:42 AM
If you think the environmental impact of AI is bad, wait until you hear about the dairy industry.
#TooManyCows
#TooManyCows
June 2, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Every time this ecocidal Govt gives the dairy industry more permission to pollute, remember that thanks to @fonterranz.bsky.social's nitrate pollution, thousands of rural families cannot trust that the water from their taps is safe to drink.
#TooManyCows #nzpol
#TooManyCows #nzpol
February 12, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Every time this ecocidal Govt gives the dairy industry more permission to pollute, remember that thanks to @fonterranz.bsky.social's nitrate pollution, thousands of rural families cannot trust that the water from their taps is safe to drink.
#TooManyCows #nzpol
#TooManyCows #nzpol
It’s so cringe that Simon Watts had the gall to speak at #COP30 after his Government’s shameful reversal of New Zealand’s already inadequate emissions reduction plan.
#TooManyCows
#TooManyCows
November 18, 2025 at 9:09 PM
It’s so cringe that Simon Watts had the gall to speak at #COP30 after his Government’s shameful reversal of New Zealand’s already inadequate emissions reduction plan.
#TooManyCows
#TooManyCows
Greenpeace pins blame for nitrate contamination of drinking water on Canterbury dairy conversions with giant signs in the area.
#TooManyCows #nzpol #NitrateEmergency
#TooManyCows #nzpol #NitrateEmergency
October 3, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Greenpeace pins blame for nitrate contamination of drinking water on Canterbury dairy conversions with giant signs in the area.
#TooManyCows #nzpol #NitrateEmergency
#TooManyCows #nzpol #NitrateEmergency
Unbelievable
Canterbury families can’t trust that water from their kitchen tap is safe to drink because the dairy industry is contaminating it with nitrate while making massive profits.
#MakePollutersPay #TooManyCows #nzpol
www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/3610...
Canterbury families can’t trust that water from their kitchen tap is safe to drink because the dairy industry is contaminating it with nitrate while making massive profits.
#MakePollutersPay #TooManyCows #nzpol
www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/3610...
ECan staff recommend hundreds of Canterbury nitrate-affected water users pay for own treatment
Hundreds of private water supplies across Canterbury are in areas with elevated nitrate levels, but ECan says those affected should pay for their own water treatment.
www.thepress.co.nz
September 23, 2026 at 7:20 AM
Unbelievable
Canterbury families can’t trust that water from their kitchen tap is safe to drink because the dairy industry is contaminating it with nitrate while making massive profits.
#MakePollutersPay #TooManyCows #nzpol
www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/3610...
Canterbury families can’t trust that water from their kitchen tap is safe to drink because the dairy industry is contaminating it with nitrate while making massive profits.
#MakePollutersPay #TooManyCows #nzpol
www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/3610...
Fonterra profits while rural families pay the price.
Fonterra has announced a whopping $3.4 billion in profits, while rural communities can't safely drink the water coming out of their kitchen taps. www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/pre... via @greenpeace.org.nz
#TooManyCows
Fonterra has announced a whopping $3.4 billion in profits, while rural communities can't safely drink the water coming out of their kitchen taps. www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/pre... via @greenpeace.org.nz
#TooManyCows
Fonterra profits, rural families pay the price - Greenpeace Aotearoa
Fonterra has announced a whopping $3.4 billion in profits, while rural communities can't safely drink the water coming out of their kitchen taps.
www.greenpeace.org
September 24, 2026 at 6:15 AM
Fonterra profits while rural families pay the price.
Fonterra has announced a whopping $3.4 billion in profits, while rural communities can't safely drink the water coming out of their kitchen taps. www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/pre... via @greenpeace.org.nz
#TooManyCows
Fonterra has announced a whopping $3.4 billion in profits, while rural communities can't safely drink the water coming out of their kitchen taps. www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/pre... via @greenpeace.org.nz
#TooManyCows
#nzpol We shouldn't be subsidising them, and their emissions must be urgently lowered because there are #TooManyCows and their methane is hastening the #ClimateCrisis.
Tell me again why we have to spend a billion dollars a year subsidising @fonterranz.bsky.social etc under the Emissions Trading Scheme, in the process removing the price signal for agribusiness to climate their massive pollution. www.rnz.co.nz/news/busines...
Fonterra sale could inject $4.5b into economy and $3.2b directly to farmers
The dairy giant is hoping to sell its Anchor and Mainland brands to a French company, though the deal is far from set in stone.
www.rnz.co.nz
October 24, 2025 at 12:55 AM
#nzpol We shouldn't be subsidising them, and their emissions must be urgently lowered because there are #TooManyCows and their methane is hastening the #ClimateCrisis.
Greenpeace NZ activists dumped 2000 kg of slime at Fonterra's investors meeting this morning to protest the ongoing nitrate contamination of drinking water by Fonterra's oversized dairy herd.
#nzpol #toomanycows #dirtydairy #fyp #fyppp #newzealand #protest #fonterra
#nzpol #toomanycows #dirtydairy #fyp #fyppp #newzealand #protest #fonterra
December 15, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Greenpeace NZ activists dumped 2000 kg of slime at Fonterra's investors meeting this morning to protest the ongoing nitrate contamination of drinking water by Fonterra's oversized dairy herd.
#nzpol #toomanycows #dirtydairy #fyp #fyppp #newzealand #protest #fonterra
#nzpol #toomanycows #dirtydairy #fyp #fyppp #newzealand #protest #fonterra
The proceeds of Fonterra's sale of Anchor Butter should be used to transition farming away from intensive dairy to more plant-based regenerative organic farming, and clean up some of the mess that the dairy industry has made.
The last thing we need is MORE cows.
#TooManyCows
The last thing we need is MORE cows.
#TooManyCows
October 30, 2025 at 7:02 AM
The proceeds of Fonterra's sale of Anchor Butter should be used to transition farming away from intensive dairy to more plant-based regenerative organic farming, and clean up some of the mess that the dairy industry has made.
The last thing we need is MORE cows.
#TooManyCows
The last thing we need is MORE cows.
#TooManyCows
This is twisted.
Billions in profit for the dairy industry while WE pay the heavy price of more polluted rivers, contaminated drinking water, climate emissions, mud farming and palm kernel driving rainforest destruction.
#MakePollutersPay #TooManyCows
Billions in profit for the dairy industry while WE pay the heavy price of more polluted rivers, contaminated drinking water, climate emissions, mud farming and palm kernel driving rainforest destruction.
#MakePollutersPay #TooManyCows
Fonterra reports $3.4 billion operating profit following sale of Mainland brands
Fonterra has delivered a full-year profit of $2.6 billion in its financial results announced this morning.
www.rnz.co.nz
September 24, 2026 at 5:21 AM
This is twisted.
Billions in profit for the dairy industry while WE pay the heavy price of more polluted rivers, contaminated drinking water, climate emissions, mud farming and palm kernel driving rainforest destruction.
#MakePollutersPay #TooManyCows
Billions in profit for the dairy industry while WE pay the heavy price of more polluted rivers, contaminated drinking water, climate emissions, mud farming and palm kernel driving rainforest destruction.
#MakePollutersPay #TooManyCows
The NZ Govt wants to abolish Te Mana o Te Wai, a world-leading principle under which councils must prioritise the health of freshwater ecosystems and people before commercial use when allocating water.
Chris Luxon puts DAIRY PROFIT ahead of YOUR health.
#nzpol #TooManyCows
Chris Luxon puts DAIRY PROFIT ahead of YOUR health.
#nzpol #TooManyCows
April 23, 2024 at 8:21 PM
The NZ Govt wants to abolish Te Mana o Te Wai, a world-leading principle under which councils must prioritise the health of freshwater ecosystems and people before commercial use when allocating water.
Chris Luxon puts DAIRY PROFIT ahead of YOUR health.
#nzpol #TooManyCows
Chris Luxon puts DAIRY PROFIT ahead of YOUR health.
#nzpol #TooManyCows
‘A lot of action quite quickly’: How the Government won over the farm lobby: www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/3605...
#toomanycows #toomuchinfluence #nzpol
#toomanycows #toomuchinfluence #nzpol
December 20, 2024 at 5:55 PM
‘A lot of action quite quickly’: How the Government won over the farm lobby: www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/3605...
#toomanycows #toomuchinfluence #nzpol
#toomanycows #toomuchinfluence #nzpol
The Canterbury Regional Council has declared a Nitrate Emergency due to rapidly rising levels of dangerous nitrate in groundwater across the region. Driven by @fonterranz.bsky.social and other industrial dairy cos and accelerated by Luxon Govt. #TooManyCows www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
September 17, 2025 at 6:33 AM
The Canterbury Regional Council has declared a Nitrate Emergency due to rapidly rising levels of dangerous nitrate in groundwater across the region. Driven by @fonterranz.bsky.social and other industrial dairy cos and accelerated by Luxon Govt. #TooManyCows www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
This week we revealed that Fonterra has quietly removed a misleading label from their Anchor Butter packaging as Greenpeace's lawsuit approaches. Here the deal 👇
#toomanycows #nzpol #butter #lawsuit #climate
#toomanycows #nzpol #butter #lawsuit #climate
February 12, 2025 at 7:00 AM
This week we revealed that Fonterra has quietly removed a misleading label from their Anchor Butter packaging as Greenpeace's lawsuit approaches. Here the deal 👇
#toomanycows #nzpol #butter #lawsuit #climate
#toomanycows #nzpol #butter #lawsuit #climate
