A2 Milk and Lincoln University team up to support sustainable dairy farming

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Fri, 20 May 2022

A2 Milk is partnering with Lincoln University to launch a new initiative to support sustainable dairy farming projects in New Zealand.A2 Milk will provide up to $500,000 to the Farm Sustainability Fund in the first year to enable fund grants for farm projects.The fund is open to NZ farms that supply milk under contract with Mataura Valley Milk or Synlait Milk for use in products for A2 Milk. “The fund will bring forward projects that might otherwise have been marginal or difficult to finance, and that will lead to long-term benefits...

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