Southland’s Food Flag is Flying High

Southland’s Food Flag is Flying High

Southland’s food flag is flying high and so is Lauraine Jacobs. We welcomed Aotearoa’s queen of food writing (and thinking!) to share her Southland explorations of the New Zealand food story.  I have always said the best position to view things clearly is...
Cruising the blue economy

Cruising the blue economy

Aquaculture is booming. Half of the world’s seafood comes from aquaculture and this is expected to grow a third again by 2030. New Zealand wants to grow our agriculture industry from today’s 600 million to 1 billion by 2025 and 3 billion by 2035.  Trouble is,...
The Govt Stranglehold on our Food Industry and Future

The Govt Stranglehold on our Food Industry and Future

The bubble was always going to burst. It began as we were squeezed into big-box grocery stores to fill our pantries and fridges during the first lockdown. It continued as questions were raised about the security of our food supply chain. It escalated in this longest...
Te Parapara

Te Parapara

Words David Wrigley, Images Vicki Ravlich-Horan It’s Wednesday the 28th of April, one of those beautiful, early autumn mornings that the Waikato does so well: wispy, high clouds in a glorious deep blue sky, the year’s first threat of frost in the air. The full moon...