What technologies can help clean up rivers? 🔊
New Zealand has a dirty rivers problem. In 2017, two-thirds of the country’s rivers were deemed too polluted to swim in. Given this, research is being carried out to find ways in which the country can attempt to clean up its rivers. Ngārie Scartozzi is a student...
What are the differences between organic and conventional farming? 🔊
A new bill surrounding organic farming in New Zealand, as well as imports and exports, is currently going through parliament. The bill outlines plans to get stricter on what is defined as organic and what is not. But what are the differences between conventional and...
How do we know when something is organic? 🔊
A couple of weeks ago, the Green Party put forward a new bill surrounding organic farming in New Zealand as well as imports and exports. The bill outlines plans to get stricter on what is defined as Organic. However, there is no overarching consensus on what is...
Q+A: Eating the Past: What are the biophysical limits to New Zealand’s future?
What are the biophysical limits to New Zealand’s food and energy future? Mike Joy says people need to do a lot less of what they are doing now if New Zealand is to have a sustainable future. Joy says we need to change the way we live if we are to avert a significant...
Q+A: How are our diets damaging the planet?
A rise in the global consumption of meat will have major consequences for both the environment and for our own health, according to a new paper published in Science. 95bFM’s Jack Marshall spoke to Massey University Professor Ralph Sims about the report and what eating...
Does reduced agrobiodiversity threaten our food systems?
By Karl Zimmerer Fewer crops are feeding more people worldwide, and that is not good, according to Karl Zimmerer. One day last March I talked with Juliana and Elisa, a mother and daughter who farmed just outside the city of Huánuco, Peru. Although they had only one...
Is climate change the cause of rising world hunger?
By Jessica Eise & Kenneth Foster World hunger has risen for three straight years, and climate change is a cause. World hunger has risen for a third consecutive year, according to the United Nations’ annual food security report. The total number of people who face...
Clean green beef no longer on our menu? How feedlots are changing the face of the New Zealand agri-food system
By Madeline Shelling Madeline Shelling outlines how feedlots have changed the face of the New Zealand agri-food system. Scoffing at an American tourist ordering grassfed beef can be the day’s highlight for a smug Kiwi. “Well of course it is!” we cry with haughty...
New Zealand dairying in question?
By Richard Le Heron In an extract from the new book “The New Biological Economy: How New Zealanders are Creating Value from the Land,” Richard Le Heron brings into question the future of dairying in New Zealand. Dairying is, alongside tourism, New...Subscribe by Email
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