Farming for good
Creators: name: Our Land and Water, AgResearch
Publisher: name: AgResearch
Year: 2025
Subjects: classificationCode: 3002
subject: Agriculture, land and farm management

description: Farming for Good is a research collection that explores our sense of connection with farming in Aotearoa New Zealand. Farming for Good is about better understanding the many ways that everyday people connect to food and farming. It's an issue that doesn't stand still. People's sense of connection to the whenua (land) and trust in their food &amp; farming system is an ongoing negotiation. As practices, perceptions, trends, tools and crises change, so does this special relationship.Through surveys, interviews, case studies and action pathways, the Farming for Good collection explores five perspectives on building trust and connection in food and farming.Drawing from research conducted during 2022 and 2023 exploring the social licence of farming, the collection is published at a time of heightened interest in where our food &amp; fibre starts. We're seeing increasing public scrutiny of the environmental impacts of production, new government regulations, food accessibility issues, extreme weather events and more. The research tells us how people feel about these and other changes in their food &amp; farming system. It shows us where trust and connection is strong, where it might be faltering and how to build it back.Explore the Farming for Good collection -<b>Where we reconnect</b>: the places people engage with farming<b>How we reconnect</b>: rebuilding the relationship between people, land and food<b>Taking action</b>: facts and first steps for food and farming connection<b>Navigating flashpoints</b>: pathways through tension and crisis<b>The way we see it</b>: urban and rural perceptions of food and farmingResearch or case-studies included in the Farming for Good collection are listed below:<b>Where we reconnect</b>Housing and Food Production: Resident and Grower Perceptions of Peri-Urban Food-Production LandscapesPeri-Urban Potential webinarNegotiating social licence to farm at agricultural and pastoral shows in Canterbury, New ZealandNegotiating social licence to farm: what, where, and howNegotiating a place for Agricultural and Pastoral Shows in Canterbury, New ZealandRethinking the Whenua Around our Cities Could Help Turn the Table on our Food CrisisNegotiating social licence to farm at Canterbury agricultural and pastoral showsGrowing NZ cities eat up fertile land – but housing and food production can co-exist<b>How we reconnect</b>Consumers want NZ farmers to comply with regulations – better monitoring and transparency would help to build trustPartnering for Change work group process guideMangaroa Farms: Farming for GoodPartnering for Change: Pilot and replicable modelEnhancing Farm Assurance – A White PaperWhat do we mean by ‘good farming’ with Peter Edwards and Daniel EbA Waka-Taurua social licence to operate frameworkPartnering for Change: A shared-responsibility approach to environmental change<b>Taking action</b>New Zealand’s farmers are trusted, but there’s still work to do<b>Navigating flashpoints</b>Has the social license negotiated within peri-urban environments been impacted following Cyclone Gabrielle?Slash and Social Licence: An examination of the role of institutional assemblages in (re)negotiating social licence to forest in NZHow farmers’ social licence to operate is being negotiated in statutory planning processes in the Waikato Region<b>The way we see it</b>The Food &amp; Farming People’s Panel in Aotearoa New ZealandPerceptions of the ‘good farmer’ and social licence to operate in Aotearoa New ZealandBuilding social licence to operate: A framework for gaining and maintaining meaningful, trustworthy relationshipsDiverse Experiences of Farming – summaryRural and Urban Divide a MythSocial Licence to Farm and ‘Good Farming’: Farmer and Public ExpectationsSocial licence: final report on the nexus between producers and the publicDiverse Experiences of Farming – videoDiverse Experiences of Farming – infographicSocial Licence to Farm, and ‘Good Farming’: Public Views