Cuddling cows
OPINION: Years of floods and low food prices have driven a dairy farm in England's northeast to stop milking its cows and instead charge visitors to cuddle them.
OPINION: The fact that plant-based dairy is struggling to gain a market foothold isn’t deterring new entrants.
A US company, Bostonbased start-up Brown Foods, is preparing to showcase UnReal Milk, the world’s first lab-grown whole cow’s milk – produced without a single cow.
According to its founders, UnReal Milk is produced using mammalian cell culture, replicating the nutrition, taste, and texture of traditional dairy. It can be processed into butter, cheese, and ice cream, claiming to be a lower-carbon alternative to conventional milk. Brown Foods claims its production method cuts carbon emissions by 82%, water use by 90%, and land use by 95%, without relying on livestock. While the figures sound great, whether consumers like the product remains to be seen.
Labour's agriculture spokesperson Jo Luxton says while New Zealand needs more housing, sacrificing our best farmland to get there is not the answer.
Profitability issues facing arable farmers are the same across the world, says New Zealand's special agricultural trade envoy Hamish Marr.
Over 85% of Fonterra farmer suppliers will be eligible for customer funding up to $1,500 for solutions designed to drive on-farm efficiency gains and reduce emissions intensity.
Tighter beef and lamb production globally have worked to the advantage of NZ, according to the Meat Industry Association (MIA).
Groundswell is ramping up its 'Quit Paris' campaign with signs going up all over the country.
Some farmers in the Nelson region are facing up to five years of hard work to repair their damaged properties caused by the recent devastating floods.
OPINION: Years of floods and low food prices have driven a dairy farm in England's northeast to stop milking its…
OPINION: An animal activist organisation is calling for an investigation into the use of dairy cows in sexuallly explicit content…