There are 3 entrenched problems facing farming in NZ.
They tell a story about a society that’s so disconnected from food & farming, that it’s starting to hurt.
I offer a roadmap to change that. To make Aotearoa New Zealand, a genuine food & farming nation.🧵
Anyone's crystal ball good enough to predict when this Aucklander who's double vaxxed and covid free can travel out of the city for work? Where's the plan?!?!?
@HoneyBeeGeek@Twitter What a shocker. There seems to be a small number of men at the moment who are very angry at the world. Very sad this has happened to you and others.
This year I have had death and rape threats from (a small set of angry men) on @Twitter , please sign this petition so there would be a channel to report this stuff.
@HoneyBeeGeek @NZInlandRevenue Terrible user experience. I had a few important q’s so rang IRD and they were “experiencing high call volumes. The literally just hung up after that recording. No alternative! 😳
"When ‘business as usual’ collides with accelerating change, we must choose to self-disrupt."
In a Nuffield first, 10 scholars traveled our country to see Ag-transformation in action.
In this short report, we offer five visions of change in farming.
https://t.co/wAjhmu7fny
@Dan_eb Yes! It’s very important to have people experience farming in NZ first hand and make up their own minds. Marketing can only go so far, proof is in the pudding. Huge kudos to farmers who open their gates to host. We need more!
The always inspiring @HoneyBeeGeek! Loved hearing about ‘meat as a service’, predicting meat going from ‘website marketing’ to ‘fridge marketing’ and the rising importance of claims. Plus the importance of telling our positive stories. Thanks MCR!!
NZ Ag Twitter hive mind. Hit me with your burning questions.
Prepping to run a panel with a regenerative S&B farmer, dairy farmer, soil scientist and US advocate/communicator (founder of Kiss the Ground).
(And sign on up!).
https://t.co/oybt7D4JaK
"Committing to the global vision of Meat Business Women to create opportunities for more women to enter into, and advance within our sector is the first step to addressing the shortfall of female talent.“ Nice work @BeefLambNZ
If you care about people's warmth/health and the wool industry, please sign this. This year with no international fashion markets, NZ wool and pelts are going to compost en masse. The NZ government could solve 2 big issues by mandating procurement of wool in its builds.