by Vincent Heeringa | Dec 2, 2022 | News
Who needs daytime soaps when you have farmers and climate policy to watch? The swing of emotions, the cut and thrust of the arguments, the sudden outbursts of nasty verbal abuse aimed at the Prime Minister. All set against a backdrop of climate Armageddon. Bring your...
by Vincent Heeringa | Nov 25, 2022 | Opinion
Given that agricultural emissions make up the largest proportion of New Zealand’s greenhouse gas emissions. And given that agriculture was featured formally at COP for the first time. And given that we trade as a nation on our natural, grass-fed, responsible farming...
by Editor | Oct 14, 2022 | News
He Waka Eke Noa dropped this week and The Feed surveys responses from some of the main players. The government has finally responded to He Waka Eke Noa, the industry-government-Maori consortium charged with creating a mechanism to reduce agricultural emissions. The...
by Editor | Jun 29, 2022 | Opinion
New Zealand and the rest of the world needs to create and distribute proteins and carbohydrates for human consumption with the least possible environmental impact, says Dr Rod Carr. Achieving this will require the least input of energy, nutrients and water and the...
by Editor | May 25, 2022 | News
New Zealand’s largest red meat producer Silver Fern Farms this week celebrated the launch of its USDA-approved Net Carbon Zero by Nature 100% Grass-Fed Angus Beef at a New York City, attended by Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern. “It’s great to see NZ...