by Vicki Ravlich-Horan | Mar 27, 2024 | Opinion
Liquid gold – this description for olive oil is becoming more and more accurate every year. Prices of olive oil have skyrocketed in the last few years. Donald Montes from Taste of Greece has seen a 120% increase in prices in just one year. Increasing demand and...
by Editor | Jul 12, 2023 | News
The directors of six National Science Challenges call on the government to develop a National Food Strategy for Aotearoa New Zealand. “Food is essential to our health and wellbeing but it can be a major cause of ill-health and disease,” said Professor Sir Jim Mann,...
by Editor | May 24, 2023 | News
Te Puke is world-famous in New Zealand as our kiwifruit capital – but new research shows that top spot could be contested in future, with suitable kiwifruit production land identified in Waikato, Taranaki and the top of the South Island – even stretching down to...
by Vincent Heeringa | Apr 26, 2023 | Opinion
This week’s draft advice from the Climate Change Commission has achieved a rare win: it’s given farmers, foresters and environmentalists all reason to cheer. The document, out for consultation, is the second formal advisory from the Commission and is designed to help...
by David Wrigley | Apr 13, 2023 | Opinion
Wanglin Ma, Lincoln University, New Zealand; Alan Renwick, Lincoln University, New Zealand, and Kathryn Blackman Bicknell, Lincoln University, New Zealand New Zealand is in an unusual position in the developed world when it comes to greenhouse gas emissions. About...