Aotearoa New Zealand is blessed with rivers. A cultural lifeforce. Precious water – a tupuna, or ancestor – that has nourished the people on its banks for centuries. But also forms arteries for the economy – hydro-power, tourism, farming – and arteries for nature. Such a tricky balance. So very…
Close your eyes. Picture a farmer. It’s likely you pictured a man – after all, that is the stereotypical image of a farmer the world over. It’s clearly a picture that Women Organising for Change in Agriculture and Natural Resource Management (WOCAN) Executive Director Jeannette Gurung is driven to change….
A few weeks ago I was invited to attend – and sponsor – a women in agriculture event. I didn’t need time to think about it.
I declined. Almost immediately my phone rang: “Isn’t your business all about agri-food? That’s the third year running you’ve declined? Why?”
We’ve heard it before: In 2050, we’ll have 9 billion people to feed (Source: The Economist) One in eight people currently goes hungry (Source: United Nations World Food Program) And, around one-third of the food produced goes to waste (Source: United Nations Food and Agriculture Program) Yet while hunger is…
I’ve done a little tiki-touring over the past couple of months. This included a trip to the Big Apple for the 2013 International Association of Business Communicators conference. Sipping networking drinks at the base of the Rockefeller Centre – oh, and listening to some of the world’s best in this profession –…
During the past couple of months. I’ve spent my life engrossed in agriculture. As a former editor of a farmers’ newspaper this period has brought with it a feeling of ‘back to the future’. What has interested me is this constant call from all corners of agricultural industry for agriculture…
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