One thing I love about NZ is that all beef and lamb is free range grass feed. We have the space and the animals get to live a relatively normal life roaming around, interacting with each other and being outside.

Recently some big farming company wanted to introduce shed dairy farming in the South Island. Their arguement was that the South Island is cold (it snows in winter) and being inside is better for the animals. However they still wouldn't be outside in the summer.

Thankfully there was a huge out cry- NZ has never had huge factory shed farming for dairy and it would impact on our marketing that we are free range for our cows and sheep and the government has managed to put a stop to it.

Pigs and chickens are a bit of a different matter but free range is becoming more and more popular.

One farming method I probably do agree with would be fish farming. Natural fish populations are pretty much depleted and to be able to keep on eating fish I think raising fingerlings to adulthood in a safe, non-polluting manner is the way to go. Maybe we could even release fish into the wild as well.