Your old mate reckons Joy – or Dr Doom as he’s better known in agricultural circles – who supposedly teaches at Massey University, in fact spends more time pontificating about how evil farming and dairy farming are for our environment.
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THE HOUND sees Dr Mike Joy(less) has been awarded a gong from his union mates. The good ‘doctor’ was honoured for “his promotion of academic freedom and contribution to public education” at the Tertiary Educators Union’s (TEU) second annual awards recently.
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