I might be neither, but I understand: many New Zealanders don’t get it. They don’t understand that gone are the days when farmers deplete resources to get financial gain; that’s just not how we roll. Climate change is at the forefront of farmers’ minds, just as it is in most people’s, and we’re all doing our bit to lessen the impact. Stuff Jessie Chan is the chair of Ruralco agricultural co-operative. A recent report from AgResearch confirmed New Zealand dairy farms have the smallest carbon footprint per kilogram milk in the world, at 70 per cent lower than the global average, and we are working hard to reduce it further. Yet we’re still viewed as environmental villains.