Faking it
OPINION: Demand for red meat is booming, while it seems the heyday of plant-based protein is well past its 'best before' date.
OPINION: They say nothing is as good as the real thing - and this seems to be the case for fake meat company Beyond Meat.
Reports show it has become one of the most 'shorted' companies on the US stock market as investors fret over weaker-than-forecast sales and scepticism grows over the plant-based 'meat' boom.
Short sellers - who make money on share price falls - have piled into the stock.
Short positions on Beyond Meat shares have increased 40% since late October, when the California-based company issued a revenue warning.
The ballooning bets against Beyond Meat come amid rising uncertainty about the growth in plant-based meat: Data from the US and UK show that sales, which soared in 2020, flattened out in 2021.
Although US retailers' sales of plant-based meat grew 1.6% in December, numbers fell between March and November, taking total revenues for the year down 0.5%.
Foot and Mouth Disease outbreaks could have a detrimental impact on any country's rural sector, as seen in the United Kingdom's 2000 outbreak that saw the compulsory slaughter of over six million animals.
The Ministry for the Environment is joining as a national award sponsor in the Ballance Farm Environment Awards (BFEA from next year).
Kiwis are wasting less of their food than they were two years ago, and this has been enough to push New Zealand’s total household food waste bill lower, the 2025 Rabobank KiwiHarvest Food Waste survey has found.
OPINION: Sir Lockwood Smith has clearly and succinctly defined what academic freedom is all about, the boundaries around it and the responsibility that goes with this privilege.
DairyNZ says its plantain programme continues to deliver promising results, with new data confirming that modest levels of plantain in pastures reduce nitrogen leaching, offering farmers a practical, science-backed tool to meet environmental goals.
'Common sense' cuts to government red tape will make it easier for New Zealand to deliver safe food to more markets.
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