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Farming - a forester’s perspective
Authors: Jamie FalloonPublication: New Zealand Journal of Forestry, Volume N.Z.J.For. 2021, Issue N.Z.J.For. 66(2) 2021, pp 43-44, Aug 2021
Publisher: New Zealand Institute of Forestry
Abstract: Sometimes it pays to walk in another’s shoes, is an adage that we should all stop and think about. Understanding different perspectives and considering others’ views is something that is missing in the forestry carbon gold rush we are seeing playing out in rural New Zealand. I grew up in a farming community in Bideford northeast of Masterton. My background is forestry, and after a few stop-start career plans and four years of fun at Otago I ended up working as an accountant. Quickly into this I realised this was a terrible career choice for me and I started a forestry degree in Canterbury. My first job was working for Tasman forestry in Taupo in the woodlots team working for Mike Bartells. However, sometimes the call of the land beckons and my family and I left Auckland and moved back to the Wairarapa to live the farming dream at Bowlands. Sixteen years later I’m still here, so I suppose that’s a win.