An Auckland company which uses coconuts instead of milk to make its ice cream has signed a deal to supply Asia’s biggest childcare centre with its sweet treat.Wahiki Creamery has so far sold 6500 tubs of its dairy-free ice cream…
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Dog-friendly Far North bach a winner in Bach of the Year
Tokerau Beach holiday house owners Tony and Bridget Bauer’s philosophy is people’s pet dogs are usually a real part of the family. The couple’s house at Tokerau Beach has just won Gold in the Bach of the Year’s Pet-Friendly category….
Riches of Poor Knights Islands Marine Reserve explored
The waters around the Poor Knights have been described as ”dive heaven”. The islands and surrounding waters have worn the ”marine reserve” title since 1981 but have only been fully protected since 1998. That year, the Poor Knights…
Climate change blame game only stalls progress
OPINION: Climate change is creating a double whammy on the farming industry in New Zealand.
Council finds dairy farm using a bathtub for effluent storage in latest inspections
Almost 30 per cent of Waikato farms inspected for effluent compliance have been found to be significantly non-compliant this season – including one that was using an old bathtub to store its effluent.
‘Drier than normal’: Farmers don’t need Niwa warning
A soil hot spot report shows rural Marlborough is drier than anywhere else in the South Island, with farmers saying the dry conditions are on “everyone’s minds”.
Alternative proteins: Threat or a taste of the future?
When Air New Zealand announced in July it would serve the Impossible Burger, a plant-based product that mimics beef, on its Los Angeles to Auckland flight, much of the nation gave a collective cry of horror.
Quality over quantity: climate change affects volume, but not quality of aquaculture
Dairy farming would appear to have very little in common with farming mussels.
Gardening: Eat Healthy – Grow Your Own
Spring this year has given us many fine weekends and rain at the right times as we needed it. We are now enjoying a settled period of seemingly consistent warm weather as we move closer to December. This is a period of vigorous…
Hawke’s Bay farmers at tipping point, waiting for rain
Hawke’s Bay farmers are starting to get nervous about the predicted dry summer, but say it is too early to make decisions about destocking.CHB farmer and former President of Federated Farmers Hawke’s Bay Will Foley said farmers…