food production

Reductions in pastoral farming among advice unveiled by the Climate Change Commission on how to handle greenhouse gas emissions in the years ahead

Reductions in pastoral farming among advice unveiled by the Climate Change Commission on how to handle greenhouse gas emissions in the years ahead

Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment Simon Upton says complex and costly environmental rules can be ineffective

Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment Simon Upton says complex and costly environmental rules can be ineffective

Growing NZ cities eat up fertile land – but housing and food production can co-exist, Shannon Davis says

Growing NZ cities eat up fertile land – but housing and food production can co-exist, Shannon Davis says

Gaya Herrington explains how the Global Financial Crisis led to her leaving central banking, going back to university to study sustainability & revisiting The Limits to Growth

Gaya Herrington explains how the Global Financial Crisis led to her leaving central banking, going back to university to study sustainability & revisiting The Limits to Growth

Angela McGaughran says New Zealand needs to up its biosecurity game to protect the country from the next devastating pest threat

Angela McGaughran says New Zealand needs to up its biosecurity game to protect the country from the next devastating pest threat

The Pastoral Greenhouse Gas Consortium's Mark Aspin on the journey to reduce methane emissions from farm animals

The Pastoral Greenhouse Gas Consortium's Mark Aspin on the journey to reduce methane emissions from farm animals

Guy Trafford delves into the issues raised by Susan Harris on land use, and her assertion that forestry is a good solution for 'marginal land'

Guy Trafford delves into the issues raised by Susan Harris on land use, and her assertion that forestry is a good solution for 'marginal land'

Hawke's Bay apple exporter may have lost half its crop after region hard hit by Cyclone Gabrielle

Hawke's Bay apple exporter may have lost half its crop after region hard hit by Cyclone Gabrielle

'Climate change is coming and so is government regulation and consumer demand for farmers and growers to produce more food in a transparent, socially and environmentally responsible way'

'Climate change is coming and so is government regulation and consumer demand for farmers and growers to produce more food in a transparent, socially and environmentally responsible way'

The science is there with proof of agriculture's essential role in delivering global health and nutrition, and underpinning farming's social licence for responsible production

The science is there with proof of agriculture's essential role in delivering global health and nutrition, and underpinning farming's social licence for responsible production

Significant parts of the world are undergoing rapid demographic changes which will cap, even reduce, the global population. This will have big implications for food producers

Significant parts of the world are undergoing rapid demographic changes which will cap, even reduce, the global population. This will have big implications for food producers

Raf Manji on the lessons from Christchurch for a COVID-19 world, and a lesson from Japan pointing the way to fixing local government funding and building infrastructure

Raf Manji on the lessons from Christchurch for a COVID-19 world, and a lesson from Japan pointing the way to fixing local government funding and building infrastructure

Guy Trafford ponders whether the trade interruption due to the coronavirus provides a chance to rethink what we do with our food resources

Guy Trafford ponders whether the trade interruption due to the coronavirus provides a chance to rethink what we do with our food resources

Auckland Mayor Phil Goff says the effect on Auckland urban development of government plans to protect food producing land is not yet clear

Auckland Mayor Phil Goff says the effect on Auckland urban development of government plans to protect food producing land is not yet clear

Auckland Council report suggests 66% of the city's future urban zoned land is on elite or prime soils as the government works on a national policy statement for highly productive land

Auckland Council report suggests 66% of the city's future urban zoned land is on elite or prime soils as the government works on a national policy statement for highly productive land