Growing, Eating and Farming Food, as If Our Children Mattered
Gary Hirschberg, Founder and Chairman, Stonyfield
Wednesday, 15 May 2024 5:30pm
Nelson
Nelson Golf Club
The founder and chairman of United States-based largest organic yoghurt company Stonyfield, (a globally recognised brand in the organic food market) is a promoter of the value of organic agriculture. Leading by example. Gary recently purchased 89 hectares of farmland south of Motueka which, over the next three years, will be converted to organic production.
He will share his passion about the extraordinary ecologic, climate and economic potential of organic farming, and a bit about his projects, ambitions and investments in the Nelson area, NZ and the US.
The founder and chairman of United States-based largest organic yoghurt company Stonyfield, (a globally recognised brand in the organic food market) is a promoter of the value of organic agriculture. Leading by example. Gary recently purchased 89 hectares of farmland south of Motueka which, over the next three years, will be converted to organic production.
He will share his passion about the extraordinary ecologic, climate and economic potential of organic farming, and a bit about his projects, ambitions and investments in the Nelson area, NZ and the US.
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