Painting the cow red
OPINION: How do you get people to stop drinking milk and switch to foods like fruit, vegetables, nuts and grains?
OPINION: Was NZ Herald wrong to reject good money on ideological grounds? The Free Speech Union thinks so. The advocacy group has ripped into NZ’s largest newspaper claiming it lacks backbone and further threatens trust in the media and public debate.
“Spineless leadership at the helm of our largest media outfit makes all Kiwis poorer, not least NZME shareholders,” says Jonathan Ayling, chief executive of the FSU. NZME, the Herald’s owner, offered an advertising package to Hobson’s Pledge, signed off on the ads, and submitted their invoice for payment. FSU says, a few would-be-censors bang their intolerance drum, and the board and management get spooked.
NZME is a publicly-listed private company. They ultimately have the right to reject advertising. But some shareholders are questioning as to why good money is being rejected on ideological grounds.
A hundred primary schools across New Zealand are now better resourced to teach their students about food and farming after winning ‘George the Farmer’ book sets in a recent competition run by rural lender, Rabobank.
Kiwifruit growers are celebrating a trifecta of industry milestones next month.
TB differential slaughter levy rates are changing with dairy animals paying $12.25/head, an increase of 75c from next month.
Taranaki's Zero Possum project has entered a new phase, featuring a high-tech farmland barrier and a few squirts of mayo.
The recent Tractor and Machinery Association (TAMA) conference in Wellington was signalling cautious optimism on the back of rising milk and store cattle prices and drops in interest rates.
OPINION: Common sense has prevailed.
OPINION: How do you get people to stop drinking milk and switch to foods like fruit, vegetables, nuts and grains?
OPINION: It seems that our friends at Greenpeace are never satisfied.