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Deborah Rhodes

@FarmRhodes

Dairy farmer, nurse & mother. I stand for humanity and child health, advocate for Autism and coeliac. International experience in sales & projects, art & design

 Golden Bay
Joined September 2019
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If we want to reimagine Aotearoa, we have to enjoy our work, have ownership of our labour, and expect equality in that fair trade.
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Can't be more simply understood, it's not rocket science, it's human research ...thanks @GeraldPiddock Dairy researcher seeks dairy assistants farmersweekly.co.nz/people/d… via @FarmersWeeklyNZ
Dairy researcher seeks dairy assistants

Dairy researcher seeks dairy assistants

PhD candidate is looking for the honest thoughts of those on the lower rungs of the farm hierarchy, and how that might relate to safety.

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Please open, read sign, and share our virtual fencing petition https://petitions.parliament.nz/72ea04c2-a1e9-4fdf-a148-08dbc6428d6b?fbclid=IwAR2vZZuei-rH-QUS-5B0Vmow7nysUhq3iqlHEMFTkcaBn4y2Chi6DQAPzlg

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ACT Van Velden complete lack of comprehension of how to invest in value-creation...without decent pay for decent work, this government will crash all society systems that SHE thinks the market will lead...how deluded. nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/g…
Government shaken by leak of confidential Cabinet paper

Government shaken by leak of confidential Cabinet paper

Just over a week into the job, a highly secret paper has made it into the public domain.

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ACT Van Velden complete lack of comprehension of how to invest in value-creation...without decent pay for decent work, this government will crash all society systems that SHE thinks the market will lead...how deluded. nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/g…
Government shaken by leak of confidential Cabinet paper

Government shaken by leak of confidential Cabinet paper

Just over a week into the job, a highly secret paper has made it into the public domain.

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Discussing strategy for the war on farmers 😂😂🤣🤣
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At least a Labour government can get the business done quickly.
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Now we have the parliamentary petition set up to look at virtual fencing from an animal welfare and social licence/ reputation perspective. Please click to open petition and consider signing and sharing. petitions.parliament.nz/72ea…
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Crown vs Cow: The plan for pricing agricultural emissions is effectively dead - what killed it?

Crown vs Cow: The plan for pricing agricultural emissions is effectively dead - what killed it?

Agriculture contributes more to global warming than any other industry in Aotearoa. Yet attempts to rein in the sector’s emissions have repeatedly fallen short. Kirsty Johnston investigates how a...

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Crown vs Cow, part two: How agriculture and government fell out, and the climate lost

Crown vs Cow, part two: How agriculture and government fell out, and the climate lost

Agriculture contributes more to global warning than any other industry in Aotearoa. Yet attempts to rein in the sector’s emissions have fallen short once more. In Depth reporter Kirsty Johnston...

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Deny, deny, delay: How agriculture lobbied Labour into putting off a climate tax, again.

Deny, deny, delay: How agriculture lobbied Labour into putting off a climate tax, again.

Agriculture is warming the earth faster than any other industry in Aotearoa. Yet attempts to rein in the sector’s emissions have fallen short once more. In a three part Kirsty Johnston investigates...

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Excellent progress and lifting farming to the level it requires for retaining global customers. ruralnewsgroup.co.nz/rural-n…
Freshwater plans coming ready or not

Freshwater plans coming ready or not

Freshwater farm plans to help farmers improve local waterways will be progressively phased in across the country. Agriculture Minister Damien O'C...

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Old and white male sexism..its hardly even worth the post apart from the fact to point out how disgraceful...and Victorian. 🙄 Accusations of racism from protesters as 'Stop Co-Governance' event bars Māori women stuff.co.nz/national/canterb…
Accusations of racism as 'Stop Co-Governance' event bars Māori women

Accusations of racism as 'Stop Co-Governance' event bars Māori women

Two women with tā moko, who were among protesters outside the Stop Co-Governance meeting, were not allowed to enter the event.

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DairyNZ has now released Victoria University Survey for all those in dairying to have their say on safety in the milking shed - head to their monthly newsletter stuff.co.nz/business/farming…
Safety in dairy sheds studied

Safety in dairy sheds studied

A Golden Bay dairy farmer is conducting a national survey - the first of its kind - to gauge perceptions of risk in milking sheds.

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Total hero theguardian.com/global-devel…
Fighting giants: eco-activist Vandana Shiva on her battle against GM multinationals

Fighting giants: eco-activist Vandana Shiva on her battle against GM multinationals

The formidable Indian environmentalist discusses her 50-year struggle to protect seeds and farmers from the ‘poison cartel’ of corporate agriculture

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Brazil court bans live cattle exports over animal welfare concerns

Brazil court bans live cattle exports over animal welfare concerns

A Brazilian court has banned the export of live cattle from all the country's ports, a ruling hailed as historic on Thursday by an animal welfare group.

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Nice article @lakehaweafarm Can regenerative wool make fashion more sustainable? bbc.com/future/article/20230… via @BBC_Future
Can regenerative wool make fashion more sustainable?

Can regenerative wool make fashion more sustainable?

Regenerative wool: it's the new green buzzword in the fashion industry – but can wool ever be fully sustainable?

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How can a mission-oriented industrial strategy help us achieve the @UN Sustainable Development Goals #SDGs? Read my piece with @rainerkattel for @UNIDO published today ⤵️ iap.unido.org/articles/missi…
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Within 2 days, media are addressing and acknowledging occupational safety issues on our farms. Opening the can means "truthing" the contents.
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