Castle Hill could become country's largest windfarm, creating 200 jobs
Project would build up to 286 turbines at Castle Hill, southeast of Eketahuna, Wairarapa.
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Watch: Rural Issues Debate hosted by Heather du Plessis-Allan
The debate will focus on rural issues and the topics that affect the vast percentage of the New Zealand population that does not live in a major city center.
Ella Jensen: Embracing tech to reduce the farming footprint
It is time to re-open a nation-wide dialogue on the use of genetic technologies.
Can NZ's curious kea be trained to avoid 1080?
How do you stop kea eating air-dropped 1080 poison pellets meant for their predators?
Local Focus: Millions of pink moths coming to backyards
Scientists are planning mass airdrops of sterile moths. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Sir Peter Gluckman: Food for long-term thought
Sir Peter Gluckman on the evolution of the primary industry.
Breaking global barriers by supporting digital trade
Agreement recently signed tries to establish ground rules for digital trade.
Software platform a bonus for farms
The FarmIQ is now meeting new demands faced by the industry post-Covid.
How genetically modified NZ goats could help fight cancer
Genetically-tweaked goats could aid in the fight against cancer, NZ trial finds.
Taranaki farmer gets creative for viral teddy bear hunt
Bruce Nickel's teddy bear creation is enough to make you do a double take.
Graze anatomy: Smart-cow startup nears launch
Key appointment as startup begins its final countdown.
Is oat milk the new cow's milk? This small business hopes so
Chris Wilke talks about introducing a plant-based milk into a dairy nation.
Frank Greenall: VR goggles for election MooTube
It's great to be a Kiwi after the Tooth Fairy has waved her wand in the Year of Delivery.
Farm find leads to new healthcare export industry
Accidental discovery of fulvic acid in the 1950s now marketed as a dietary supplement.
Impossible Food reveals plan for next fake meat
Impossible Foods has plans for a new faux meat product.
Dynamic Business: Agriculture turns to aquaculture
Native seaweed can help the agriculture sector with problematic methane emissions.
Dynamic Business: Invasive seaweed a potential new export
A seaweed considered a pest in NZ could be on the plates of Japanese diners.
Local Focus: Six-year-old Archie's autistic diet shifts the family farm
"Within three days he got his eye contact back". Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Comment: Will protein technology actually restore balance to the global food system?
The way consumers understand food is evolving
150 young scientists urge Greens to re-think GE
More than 150 young scientists appeal to Greens to soften its stance over gene editing.
Simon Yarrow: Time is right to target UK and Ireland agritech markets
Comment: Agritech exports of around $1.5 billion a year but flat for past decade.
The new makers of plant-based meat? Big meat companies
New York Times: Plant-based meat is fast becoming a staple of more people's diets.
Editorial: Time to get serious about protein technology
EDITORIAL: Food industry can't afford to close eyes to disruption
National would overhaul law governing gene editing
National would overhaul the Act that has long regulated biotechnology like gene editing.
Gene-edited NZ pigs: organ donors of the future?
Scientists are looking at whether a NZ breed of pig may make an ideal future organ donor.
Cosmetic kiwifruit and booster berries: 8 surprising food insights
How blackcurrants boost exercise, hoki skins fight ageing and avocados help your gut.
Avocado toast, meet gene editing
New York Times: Scientists aiming to help the fruit survive the effects of climate change.
Young scientists impress at Far North fair
Girls make a clean sweep of the top prizes; home school students also excel.
Lab-grown meat alternatives for fast food chains
Companies are creating plant-based, lab-grown meats. Will they meet religious standards?
Hemp burger: Eating green just stepped up a notch
The burger, called Electric Pūhā, will be sold for one month only or while stocks last.
Flax to the future: Couple seek to revive past industry
Their first product is a chair made from linen composite fibres with recycled brass.
Plant-based fish is the new plant-based meat
Financial Times: Success of Beyond Meat and Impossible Foods encourage fish start-ups.
Strongest call yet for overhaul of 'out-dated' GE laws
The time has come for an overhaul of NZ's 'out of date' GE regulations, top panel finds.