by Peter Wright | Jan 14, 2022 | News
Although up to 49% of New Zealand’s greenhouse emissions come from farming, food wastage is also a major contributor, thought to be up to 10%. When uneaten food decomposes without oxygen it produces methane, a greenhouse gas. In an episode of Footprint:...
by Peter Wright | Jan 14, 2022 | News
New Zealand has come in second in the latest Global Drug Survey regarding how regularly they drink. The survey showed Kiwis drink, on average, 120 days of the year. This is compared to France drinkers indulging 132 days a year at the top of the scale and the United...
by Peter Wright | Jan 14, 2022 | News
A benchtop coffee roasting machine, made in New Zealand, has gained international recognition in the 2021 World Brewers Cup competition, part of the 2021 World Coffee Championships in Milan. The Kaffelogic home roaster, designed in Dunedin and manufactured in...
by Peter Wright | Jan 14, 2022 | News
Tomato prices halved in November from $12 to $6 a kilogram which helped pull down the overall food prices by 0.6 per cent compared with the previous month. Although this was a dramatic drop they are still 54% more expensive than a year ago when they had an average...
by Peter Wright | Jan 14, 2022 | News
The Ministry for Primary Industries’ situation and outlook report shows export revenue is set to climb 6 per cent, to $50.8 billion dollars in the year to June 2022 after falling last year by 1 per cent. The MPI report said dairy was expected to drive the gains...
