Bringing urban and rural businesses together to talk about sustainability has resulted in a raft of changes to reduce environmental impact and interestingly has seen urban businesses looking to the…
Over 12,000 publicly available land and water datasets can now be interrogated via an AI chatbot, which can recommend datasets relevant to a user's enquiry. The Find Data platform was…
Farmers seeking advice on more sustainable farming practices, diversifying on farm and adapting to climate change are increasingly looking beyond industry organisations, to local community-led catchment groups, social media, and…
Climate change, extreme weather events and water quality are considered the three biggest challenges likely to affect agriculture in Aotearoa for the next 10 years, according to primary industry experts…
The West Coast of the South Island has one of the most rugged, but beautiful, landscapes the country has to offer. Extreme weather events are common, including extended periods of…
Why is Our Land and Water ending? Our Land and Water is one of 11 National Science Challenges established in 2014 as ten-year, mission-led research programmes. The Challenges were funded…
Richard Wright’s farming business has a lot of moving parts: beef, dairy, cropping, a pasture- to-plate meat brand, honey ventures and native restoration, to name a few. Behind it all…
Milling on-site has become part of OMGoodness Bakery and Mill’s brand identity, and has enabled them to produce unique bakery goods such as New Zealand-grown buckwheat bread. Its bakeries in…
Using green crops to provide the nitrogen (N) his organic vegetable crops need has been a huge success for Nelson market gardener Dominic Ferretti. A scientific trial just finished on…
Growing ground-cover plants under the canopy in pipfruit orchards as an alternative to spraying with herbicide is a practical option, according to a trial conducted in a Nelson orchard. Seven low-growing perennial species were established in the weed spray strip to…
Researcher Liz Dooley admits to being sceptical about the utility of high-tech cow collars when she launched a project to help inform farmers’ decisions about whether to invest in the…
Diversifying land use may bring environmental benefits. However, there is a fragile balance between environmental sustainability and economic viability, according to a study of land-use diversification challenges and opportunities for three…