Water Quality – Groundtruth

Agriculture Biodiversity Climate Change Community Consultation Forestry Horticulture Integrated Land Management Water Quality Wetlands

Job Opportunity: Land, Forest & Ecosystem Operations

A varied technical and operational role working across land, forests and ecosystem restoration. Groundtruth is looking for someone to join our team working on practical land, forest and ecosystem management projects across Aotearoa New Zealand. This is a hands-on and varied role for someone who enjoys combining technical thinking with Read more…

By maintenance, 2 days17 hours ago

Biodiversity Water Quality

How to construct a bioreactor

Groundtruth has produced a guide to constructing a bioreactor on a farm in conjunction with Sustainable Wairarapa Incorporated. Dairy NZ and Pamu supported a Sustainable Farming Fund project which assessed the cost-benefit of various on-farm activities for removing contaminants from waterways and improving biodiversity. The bioreactors are designed for the end of Read more…

By maintenance, 6 years6 years ago

Agriculture Integrated Land Management Nitrogen Water Quality

Reducing contaminants from dairy-farm laneways

Dairy farm laneways adjacent to drains pose a risk as a potential source of contaminants to water. Laneways represent locations with large amounts of effluent loading. Furthermore, cow movement across a laneway of compacted gravels is likely to mobilise fine sediment, increasing the possibility of transport into waterways via runoff Read more…

By Groundtruth, 8 years6 years ago

Agriculture Climate Change Nitrogen Water Quality

Smart-As Farming

The SmartFarms app lets farmers track their environmental performance and provides data to prove the quality of their farm environment is improving. Read the article and listen to JP being interviewed on Country Life.

By maintenance, 9 years6 years ago

Agriculture Biodiversity Integrated Land Management Water Quality

Uawanui wins Green Ribbon Award

Congratulations to all those involved in the fantastic achievement of winning the Green Ribbon Award 2016 for “Protecting our Biodiversity”. Groundtruth has been involved with this exciting project for some years. Collaborative and innovative, the Uawanui Project has taken a whole-community approach to improving the environmental health of the Kaituna Read more…

By Groundtruth, 10 years7 years ago

Agriculture Biodiversity Nitrogen Water Quality Wetlands

Wetland improves water quality at Kaiwaiwai

Groundtruth has provided a crucial role in the construction of a wetland on Kaiwaiwai Dairy Farm. Data from the project shows the wetland is efficiently removing nitrogen from drainage water and improving water quality in Wairarapa Moana. By working with landowners, Greater Wellington Regional Council and with the help of Read more…

By Groundtruth, 11 years2 years ago

Agriculture Nitrogen Technology Water Quality

Precision Agriculture – tools to improve the accuracy of farming

Groundtruth staff have been applying the tools of precision agriculture through a range projects since 1997. Lately a number of sensors have been evaluated in a project led by Foundation for Arable Research in conjunction with Massey University. The idea behind this is to develop systems and define the economics Read more…

By Groundtruth, 14 years7 years ago