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You've heard of soy milk and almond milk……now’s time to meet Avocado milk.
Created for the first time by a Kiwi chef experimenting with making mayonnaise, it is now being mass produced in a Hawke’s Bay factory.
Avocadomilk is now being exported to the US.
Nomura, a Japanese-born chef and TV personality, said she was trying to make mayonnaise by blending avocado with milk when she accidentally created the product
Avocadomilk is now sold in 100 stores in the US and over 200 worldwide.
New Zealand's diverse cheesemaking talent shone brightly last night as the New Zealand Specialist Cheesemakers Association (NZSCA) crowned the champions of the 2026 New Zealand Cheese Awards.
Tracing has indicated that the source of the first velvetleaf find of the 2025-26 crop season, in Auckland, was likely maize purchased in the Waikato region.
Fish & Game New Zealand has announced its election priorities in its Manifesto 2026.
With the forage maize harvest started in Northland and the Waikato, the Foundation for Arable Research (FAR) is telling growers of later crops, or those further south, to start checking their maize crop maturity about three weeks prior to when they think they will start silage harvesting.
Irrigation NZ is warning that the government's Resource Management Act (RMA) reform risks falling short of its objectives unless water use for food production and water storage infrastructure are clearly recognised in the goals at the top of the new system.
More than five million trays, or 18,000 tonnes, of Zespri’s RubyRed Kiwifruit will soon be available for consumers across 16 markets this season.
OPINION: The good news keeps getting better for NZ dairy farmers.
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