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Vegetables push through silt left behind by Cyclone Gabrielle
Plant and Food Research is trying to work out how to 'use the silt to our advantage'.

Why people in the world's 'blue zones' live longer
We're now living longer than ever before - here's how to stay well into old age.

Waterbeds, wine coolers and wool bathing shorts: What Consumers Price Index tells us about our past
The CPI has been around for more than 100 years, so is a window to our past.

Is it okay if my child eats lots of fruit but no vegetables?
Children have an innate preference for fruit. But vegetables are just as important.

The food prices jumping the most in 2023
Cost of vegetables increases after adverse weather events, disease.

The orange shed: The Warehouse in Hastings to sell fresh fruit and vegetables
The red shed is moving its fresh fruit offerings into the fruit bowl of New Zealand.

Huge garden and native nursery to provide free food and jobs
An ambitious project to grow fresh food for the community is under way in Taupō.

Will TikTok's bizarre carrot hack really give you a tan?
Can this really give you a natural glow? And is it healthy?

Claire Trevett: Survivor Labour - MPs face list ranking at a perilous time
Labour's list ranking is happening as Hipkins tries to stop creaks in caucus unity.

App promotes swapping and donating of home-grown fruit and veggies
A Hawke's Bay food trading platform is doing its best to fight rising costs and go global.

Opinion: Time to end the ag-sector procrastination
OPINION: Sustainability consultant calls on farmers to engage with climate mitigation.

Cost of living: The Warehouse expands fresh produce trial to five new locations
Chief executive Nick Grayston said the company is challenging NZ's grocery 'status quo'.

It’s time for frost covers to come out of the shed
Winter has well and truly arrived throughout the country

Lower inflation on food prices ‘a long way away’, economists say
Annual food price inflation is still close to 30-year highs.

The Herald's fruit & vege guide: This week's best value
Several root and good soup vegetables are on this week’s “best buys” list.

Bizarre new ingredient making it into icecream
Short on your five-plus a day? This new icecream may solve your problem.

Cheapest fruit and veggie to buy this week
Each week, United Fresh president Jerry Prendergast shares his top produce picks.

Salad days: Family business gives Waverley lettuce farm new lease on life
The farm had its first harvest this week, with 10,000-12,000 seeds being planted weekly.

The Veggie Index: The best fruit & vegetables to buy this week
The lowdown on the best value veggies and fruit.

Fruit and vegetable best buys: Broccoli, cauliflower and mandarins
Cauliflower remains one of the best buys but price could rise next week.

Linda Hall: I’m glad I’m not an apple
OPINION: Let's give our produce the right to be ugly, and cheaper.

Māra kai in Whakatāne turns tamariki into cost-saving gardeners
High costs of living are driving the need for gardening programmes in schools.

Cost of food surges: Growers 'battling hard' to reduce fresh produce prices
Leaderbrand chief executive says fresh produce price hikes are not positive for growers.

‘It’s starting to smell pretty bad’: Growers reeling from lost crops and fields of ‘rotting kumara’
Northland kūmara growers are coming to grips with widespread devastation to their crops.

Cyclone Gabrielle: Fresh produce prices likely to rise, experts say
Consumers are likely to see fewe fruit and vegetables in supermarkets in the coming weeks.

Concerns weather disasters may drive food growers out of industry
Growers bearing the brunt of rising supply costs, fresh produce group says.

Flood wrecks crops, shoppers could face more inflation
Piles of onions pepper Pukekohe roadside after deluge, shoppers could face more inflation.

‘Never seen rain like that’: Farmers assess damage, tonnes of crops possibly obliterated
After an already tough summer, major farming and growing regions assessing new damage.