This follows Wairoa farmer James Jarden filming himself drinking water from a stream on his farm in a bid to prove water quality issues aren’t confined to farming and asking other farmers to do likewise. But Greenpeace ‘anti’-agriculture campaigner Genevieve Toop claimed it was risky for these people, and encouraging others to do it is also risky and farmers should take a more “scientific” approach to the water quality issue. Ironic considering Toop and Greenpeace – when it suits their purposes – are only too happy to quote unscientific claims such as dairy cows cause cancer or that the campylobacter outbreak in Hawkes Bay was caused by dairying.
