The Council has worked with the NZ Farm Environment Trust to bring the Ballance Farm Environment Awards to Taranaki.
Watch the video to find out about the 2020 Taranaki Regional Supreme Award winners, the Brown Family of Rukumoana Farms:
See details of all 2020 category winners
These awards recognise and celebrate good farm practices and are run in 10 regions throughout New Zealand.
All entrants go through a judging process which considers the entire environment that the farm operates within, with particular consideration to:
- Sustainable profitability.
- Environmental awareness.
- Good business practices.
- Social and community responsibility.
Find out more and/or enter the Ballance Farm Environment Awards(external link)
2020 award winners
| The Brown family (Rukumoana farms) |
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| Ron, Noel and Karl Stanley (Stanley Brothers Trust) |
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| Verna & Robert Bourke and Conna & Nick Smith (Fern Flats) |
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| Steve Lepper (Lepper Trust) |
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2019 award winners
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Jarred & Sarah Coogan and Bryan & Helen Hocken |
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Niels Hansen & Fiona Howatson |
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Jodi Roebuck & Tanya Mercer |
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| Thomas & Courtney Werder (McWerders Farm Trust Dairy, Manutahi) |
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| John, Sheree & Kelsey Espin (Jackel Trust Partnership Dairy, Midhirst) |
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| Andy & Lisa Tippett Dairy, Okaiawa |
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More about the 2019 Ballance Farm Environment Awards winners in Taranaki(external link)