“It’s not the COW, it’s the HOW” Phyllis Tichinin is an Organic Dairy and Pastoral Group plant ecologist. She will be speaking on The Carbon Sequestration Aspects of Grazing Animals in NZ: The Consumer Demand and Human Health. Consumers are attracted to plant based diets for assumed ecological and health benefits. However, vegetable cropping currently uses more energy and chemicals …

Why is it that one carrot just tastes ho-hum and another carrot seems to explode with flavour in your mouth? What’s going on? Aren’t they both just carrots? In short, your ‘wow’ response to the flavourful carrot is your body’s way of telling you to focus on getting more of that item into your mouth.  Flavour is a powerful indicator …

This year, the “Grow 2019,” farming conference will tackle some of the big questions about the future of food and fibre in New Zealand. The two-day summit, which was held in Christchurch this April, will look into some of the issues facing the industry, along with the action required to ensure the farming sector is sustainable and profitable into the …

Lain Jager – A vision for the New Zealand Food and Fibre Sector. At ProteinTech 2019 he plans to touch base on how a finite biosphere and growing human population necessitates significant change in the global food production system. The significant inertia is already undermining GHG targets and with the planet continuing to warm, the pressure in the sustainability space …

Researchers from the University of Bath, the Good Food Institute, and the Center for Long Term Priorities collaborated on the first quantitative comparison of consumer attitudes towards plant-based and clean meat across China, India, and the U.S. The open-access, peer-reviewed research was recently published in Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems. With over 3,000 participants surveyed, this exploration of market demand …

Meat: one of the most discussed food topics of the last years. I’m not a doctor, neither am I a scientist, so I don’t have the appropriate skills to confirm or deny what the various world associations share daily about meat consumption, but one thing is certain – meat consumption hurts the animals and causes pollution. The FAO estimates that …

Climate change is a rising concern for our planet, come listen to Guy Salmon who is a confirmed speaker at ProteinTech 2019. See below for what he plans to talk about at the event: Guy is the executive director of Ecologic, a small think tank which provides research, policy advice and consultancy services on strategic issues at the interface of …

Beef + Lamb NZ commissioned the study to better understand the shifts in food, food production technology and consumer trends and distinguish the hype from reality. The report shows alternative proteins are likely to become a major competitor to some of New Zealand’s red meat products and the sector must respond with a clear strategy. It found that although alternative …

Alternative proteins have been making the headlines recently, with some suggesting they pose a threat to New Zealand’s agricultural sector. ASB’s GM for Rural Business Richard Hegan spoke to The Country’s Jamie Mackay, saying he sees potential rather than danger when it comes to plant-based proteins. “I firmly believe there’s an opportunity for both existing pastoral production and also alternative …