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 | Nov 29, 2023 | News
An historic agreement was signed today between a pioneering innovator in seaweed, and Crown Research Institute AgResearch. AgResearch signed the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Paeroa-based AgriSea with the promise of benefit for the primary sector and...
by Editor | Oct 20, 2023 | Opinion
Iron deficiency is one of the most common forms of nutrient deficiency around the world. Severe iron deficiency, also known as anaemia, affects nearly 50% of women of reproductive age in regions like South Asia, Central Africa and West Africa (in contrast to 16% of...
by Editor | Jul 26, 2023 | Opinion
Alan Renwick, Lincoln University, New Zealand Supermarket customers around New Zealand are noticing gaps in the grocery aisles that have nothing to do with the global pandemic or Ukraine war. It’s clear domestic food supply chains have been increasingly challenged by...
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,...
