- To promote livestock methane emissions (from steady state of production) as sustainable and not responsible for global warming.
- To study and comment on research by other organisations that relate to pastoral farming carbon emissions.
- To advocate for a change in carbon accounting methodology which uses the flawed GWP (global warming potential) metric, to better reflect the true impact enteric methane has on the atmosphere.
- To advocate fairness for agricultural producers under any carbon emission laws or regulations.
Pecuniary gain is not the purpose of the society.
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A word from Robin Grieve, founder and Chairman
The purpose of the organisation is to represent farmers’ interests by highlighting the many discrepancies and misinformation surrounding any role livestock play in global warming. The lack of any true scientific evidence, the use of assumptions and theoretical models instead of facts and the reliance on uncertain and questionable information by organisations including the New Zealand Government is in the organisation’s opinion totally unacceptable and dishonest. The organisation intends funding research to provide the facts that are missing from the current debate. This, it is hoped, will result in the role livestock play in global warming proven to be negligible if not zero.
Robin retired from dairy farming in 2007 to a 15 hectare avocado orchard he has owned with his wife since 2000. He has a Diploma in Agriculture from Massey University. As an agricultural tutor in Whangarei Robin teaches Agribusiness Diploma students. He also tutors for Farmsafe and is an accredited Growsafe trainer.
His interest in the Government’s Emission Trading Scheme has led him to research the topic and he is a regular contributor to rural publications with his opinion pieces on that subject published in New Zealand and Australia.