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Campaign launched to buy Beryl the Bedford

Otago Daily Times Online News·Wednesday, 29 April 2026·about 1 month ago
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A baby blue Bedford truck will be a vehicle to tell a biodiversity story about a dairy farm in South Otago. Sandra Campbell and her husband Chris milk about 500 cows on their 300ha farm Oakwood Hills in Clifton, about 20km west of Balclutha. To improve the biodiversity, they established a nursery and collect seeds to grow thousands of native plants. Steep gullies have been fenced for riparian planting to better manage stock, provide shelter, protect waterways and support wildlife habitat. The sale of a 1973 Bedford J1 in Christchurch sparked an idea of how the truck could help them share their story and skills with the wider community, Mrs Campbell said. The truck was named Beryl the Bedford and a PledgeMe campaign had been launched to raise most of the money to buy it. Mrs Campbell said they would pay the remainder. The plan was to drive Beryl, loaded with native seed and plants to sell, to community events in the lower South Island.…

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