B+LNZ work in collaboration with other sector organisations to attract, train and retain the talent we need to drive our sector forward.

Collaborations like this ensure that both people and support resources are leveraged and utilised more efficiently, enabling us to attract and grow a workforce fit for purpose faster and for long term impact.
Some of the organisations we work with:
- Agri-Women’s Development Trust (AWDT)
- New Zealand Young Farmers
- Kelloggs – (Rural Leaders)
- Nuffield – (Rural Leaders)
- Growing NZ (Primary Industry Capability Alliance)
- Ministry for Primary Industries
- Ministry of Education
- Tertiary Education Commission
- Food & Fibre Workforce Development Council (WDC)
- Skills Leaders Working Group (SEG), overseeing the Food & Fibre Skills Action Plan
- Food & Fibre Centre of Vocational Excellence (Eastern Institute of Technology)
Primary ITO:
- Vocational Training
- Schools/Gateways
Specialised training farms:
- Jeff Farm
- Lake Coleridge
- Craigemore
- Mendhip Hill
- Williston
Cadet farms:
- Growing future farmers (GFF)
- Waipaoa
- Whangarei (A&P)
- Otiwhiti
- Winchmore
- Smedley
- Pukemiro
- Tuaranga Ararau
Learning institutes:
- Landbased Training Ltd
- National Trade Academy
- Te Pukenga (NZ Institute of Skills and Technology)
- Telford (Southern Institute of Technology)
- Taratahi (Eastern Institute of Technology)
Young breeder comps:
- Hoof & Hook
Community programmes:
- Wairarapa primary skills advisory group (WPSAG)
- Great South (Southland Regional Development Agency)
- Southland primary sector workforce action group
- St Paul’s College Agricultural programme