For the good of New Zealand's collective wellbeing it must not be this way. That is why I have come to the ACT Party to balance the conversation. We can no longer accept cynical soundbites like "dirty dairying" and suggestions animals are destroying the planet or that industry perpetually pollutes. Rural New Zealand deserves better than being told to desist and diversify by people with so little experience on how farming and industry actually works, especially when so much has already been done to improve our environmental footprint and the country's collective farming operations. 