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- - - - In the plains because it's flat land
        
        Allows people to travel
    - - Plains are flat and are marshy, thus have good access to water and are fertile land.
      - Cloverdale Farm
        
        140 hectares, 2 employees, 10 years been owned by the current owners
        
        Mark and Tracy = owners of Cloverdale Farm
    - - Not actually in the plains, but instead just outside of it.
    - - Natural
        
        Hard if not impossible to detail why natural features are there without describing the way the land first formed.
      - Cultural
      - The tairei plains are about 300 square kilometres with a maximum extent of 30 square kilometres
        
        https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taieri_Plain
      - Land easily flooded due to the rivers and lakes in/nearby the plains and the already marshy nature of the plains
  - - - Fertile land (due to marsh land making water easy and land good for crops)
- - - - Cloverdale Farm support Fonterra, Fonterra has a thing where they pay more money to sustainable farms called "Cooperative Difference"
        
        Fonterra have a scoring system, Cloverdale Farm is ranked as a 14 which is "very good"
      - the product produced means more milk to be exported with contributes to the huge amount of revenue not only the government gets as tax, but the farm gets
      - Economic sustainability
        
        cause and effect in the economy
    - - 400 milking cows, 100 yearly replacements, 500 on average cows
        
        The argument is that people are apposed to be near the farms on the Plains due to the rancid smell and constant noise
      - Possibly impacts the morale of the farmers and/or the animals themselves
        
        If the farmers do not cope with the smell they may begin to feel really bad about working at the farm
        
        The animals themselves may not be able to handle the sound/smell of the other cows
  - - - The DOCs entire job is to conserve the enviroment
        
        DOC works with plenty of people throughout the country on similar issues and after the bill to limit emission from cows
        
        Fonterra is one such partner that is also connected to Cloverdale Farm (whom has a deal with Fonterra about being more sustainable
    - - Social/environmental consequences/effects of sustainability
      - Dairy farming involves animals which leads to waste and since they are near water this can lead to water pollution.
- - - - Deal with Fonterra to incentivise sustainability
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        Effluent is sewage that is dispensed into water. Cloverdale Farm does effluent and water management. Meaning they clean their effluent and water and make sure everything is clean.
        
        Riparian planting is planting near water. This is done to slow flood waters. riparian also can involve putting obstacles in the river itself
        
        Cloverdale Farm also manages their stock (cows). They do this by selective breeding and rotating their stock. This helps keep the cows in the best possible health.
        
        fencing the riparian planting means that they do not contribute to water pollution as much as if they didn't fence off their riparian planting.
        
        riparian is not just helpful for the water but other aquatic organisms
    - - Recycling in an efficient way
        
        recycling can be done by not having effluent dispensed into water
        
        Riparian planting is a good way to keep the rivers from flooding and make sure the environment is kept conserved and preserved.
        
        Stock management is a great way to avoid pollution directly to water and the air.
        
        If the cows are kept away from the water to avoid water pollution and maybe fed something not only better for them but maybe more sustainable to feed them (such as self grown crop)
  - - - 14 score from Fonterra, maybe assume its out of either 15 or 20 but based on a myriad of factors
      - Yes they are sustainable
        
        They may not last forever though as events across the world may impact the sustainability of everyone
        
        Other than that I believe that due to the high regard in which Cloverdale Farm holds sustainability