Eating the Elephant
A strategy to double food and fibre exports
Call it what you will, this plan spreads the risks and the opportunities, says David Eade.
How to keep going past gold
There’s no margin in resting on one’s laurels, in ag as in athletics, says David Eade.
Where NZ ag’s medals will come from
Considered decisions about where to compete will benefit our athletes and our exporters, says Phil Weir.
Trapped in history’s tragedies
The private and public rights and duties of land ownership present challenges that are yet to be solved, writes David Eade.
Dear Chris, let’s stop pretending everything is okay
Daniel Eb wants the next prime minister of New Zealand to step up and stop pretending everything is business as usual.
Dear Chris, let’s have a kōrero
In this series, the Eating the Elephant columnists each write to the next prime minister. This week, Phil Weir puts pen to paper.
Innovation is more than just a side dish
David Eade recalls a food-production lightbulb moment in the Netherlands.
Work’s begun on the moat around our farmily business
Right now it’s a shallow ditch with promise, and we are going to need help to deepen it, says Daniel Eb.
I love producing a commodity. Here’s why
Phil Weir on the risks and benefits of being the primary producer.
Farming by the peasants, for the peasants
Ben Anderson reckons he no longer has to take what the market dishes out.
Keep your collaboration. I want a restructure
The work to support better farm practices or improved market access falls by the wayside as industry-good bodies fixate on government policy, says Waikato farmer Phil Weir.
Working out how to meet the moment
Putting the consumer first might be one way to sharpen our focus as farmers, says David Eade.
Tradition meets transformation as a family changes its farm
The speed of change – too fast, too slow – is tough for everyone to negotiate but they’re trying, writes Daniel Eb.
Change will deliver us from the wolf
It’s hard to see change as a positive when you feel under threat, says Ben Anderson.
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