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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.
Three men have been sentenced in District Courts after Ministry for Primary Industries prosecutions over animal welfare, food safety and cattle tracing offences.
Fonterra’s 2026 financial year was a year of delivery, with record volumes of milk collected, processed and shipped by the co-op.
OPINION: The Government's decision to reinstate agriculture and horticultural science as a standalone subject from Year 11 is the right one.
Dairy farmers, still holding onto their Fonterra shares despite switching milk supply elsewhere or exiting the industry, now face a stricter share sell-down requirement.
Hamilton-based agritech company Aimer Farming has completed a $3 million capital raise to support its next stage of growth, including a beef farming product due to launch in 2027.
When dairy manager Miriam Lauridsen learned the farm, she was joining held weekly health and safety meetings, she initially thought that was “a bit over the top”. Experiencing that culture changed her mind.
