Milk and Money
Dairy can’t manage its crap, but innovative farmers are trying to fix that
If I take a shit in a field, it's not a huge deal. But what if 20,000 people take a shit in a field?
Our dairy industry kills 2 million calves a year, but they don’t have to
These calves are killed within days or weeks of being born.
Calves, cows, and shit on the face: My week as a dairy farmer
I knew that if I really wanted to understand the dairy industry, I would need to get my hands dirty.
Why we made Milk and Money, our documentary series about dairy
Milk and Money is a six-part documentary series by Re: investigating New Zealand’s dairy industry.
How Aotearoa built its dairy empire on billions of dollars of debt | Milk and Money | Episode 1
Milk and Money, our series investigating the dairy industry is here.
The impact of dairy on our freshwater | Milk and Money | Episode 2
In Episode 2: Water, we explore the state of freshwater in New Zealand.
NZ doubled our dairy cows in 30 years, but it took 600% more fertiliser | Milk and Money | Episode 3
“We don’t exactly know how many cows we could sustain, but it’s a hell of a lot less than we have."
Why our dairy cows produce more emissions than our cars | Milk and Money | Episode 4
“The right thing to do is for all us dairy farmers to try to pull our weight."
Our soil quality has been declining for decades. Dairy is making it worse | Milk and Money…
“In a teaspoon of soil, there are as many microbes than there are mammals on the planet."
Why we may not need cows to make milk | Milk and Money | Episode 6
Half of calves in New Zealand are killed within days or weeks of being born.
