Plant-based bubble bursts
OPINION: Talking about plant-based food: “Chicken-free chicken” start-up Sunfed has had its valuation slashed to zero by major investor Blackbird Ventures, and its products are no longer available in supermarkets.
OPINION: The Government is finally waking up to the fact that more health workers are urgently needed in the country.
To this end they are guaranteeing 300 spots a month for the health and disability sector.
The question now is whether the Government realises that vets are also urgently needed around the country.
Vet recruiters have been desperately seeking two - yest just two - MIQ spaces per week for trained overseas vets.
Not a big request but the Government is turning a blind eye to a sector that ensures the welfare of animals in this country. Makes you wonder where their priorities are. Not animal welfare apparently.
A vet is calling for all animals to be vaccinated against a new strain of leptospirosis (lepto) discovered on New Zealand dairy farms in recent years.
Two major red meat sector projects are getting up to a combined $1.7 million in funding from the New Zealand Meat Board (NZMB).
Angus Barr and Tara Dwyer of The Wandle, Lone Star Farms in Strath Taieri have been named the Regional Supreme Winners at the Otago Ballance Farm Environment Awards in Dunedin.
OPINION: The distress that the politicians and bureaucrats are causing to the people of Wairoa and the wider Tairāwhiti is unforgivable.
Dairy
Rural banker Rabobank is partnering with Food Rescue Kitchen on a new TV series which airs this weekend that aims to shine a light on the real and growing issues of food waste, food poverty and social isolation in New Zealand.