New Zealand Finally Wakes Up to Science and the Bioeconomy is About to Boom
Here’s a sentence we haven’t said in years: New Zealand just made a smart, future-focused science move. And it could actually pay off with huge bioeconomy returns.
16 hours ago2 min read
Nutella Has Gone Plant-Based in the UK, But Will Anyone Care?
It’s the kind of supermarket sighting that should spark chaos in the vegan snack aisles. A plant-based Nutella? With oat and almond milk instead of dairy? Surely that’s the moment the palm-oily, sugar-slicked classic finally catches up to the alt-dairy revolution. Right?
19 hours ago2 min read
When Cyber-Hackers Go Food Shopping UK Supermarkets Are Brought to Their Knees
First the lettuce shortage. Now this. UK supermarkets are being hammered by cyberattacks as Co-op, M&S, Nisa, Costcutter are all caught with their digital pants down. Shelves are bare, payments frozen, customer data leaked. Execs are now muttering “blockchain” and “resilience” like last-minute prayers.
20 hours ago2 min read
900,000 Boxes of Bananas Dumped as Strike Paralyses Panama’s Top Export
In a gut-churning replay of the Chilean cherry catastrophe that saw tonnes of fresh fruit left to rot thanks to Maersk’s China-bound logistics fumble, this week it’s bananas under the boot—900,000 boxes of them, to be exact, rotting in Panama’s sweltering Bocas del Toro heat. Why? A local workers’ strike over social security reforms has brought the region’s biggest export lifeline to a screeching halt.
2 days ago2 min read
Bean Supreme Bows Out – Is the Cost-of-Living Crisis Killing NZ’s Plant-Based Dream?
Bean Supreme, one of New Zealand’s longest-standing plant-based pioneers, has officially thrown in the (soy-based) towel. Owner, Life Health Foods has confirmed production is winding down and the brand’s burgers, bangers and beloved mince will disappear from supermarket shelves by July.
2 days ago2 min read
2050 Dinner Plate Looks Like Ai Recipes to Wearable Gardens
In a curious twist of weather changes meets cuisine, HelloFresh has teamed up with Oxford’s Dr Joseph Poore and trend forecaster Dr Morgaine Gaye to dish up a glimpse into your 2050 dinner plate and it’s not what your nana would recognise. Think soy sprouting in Scotland, edible fashion accessories, and AI-powered recipes designed to save your gut and the planet.
3 days ago2 min read
Daisy Lab’s Lactoferrin Breakthrough is New Zealand’s Precision Moo-ment
What if New Zealand could out-milk the cow without a single udder in sight? That’s the promise Daisy Lab's just dropped, successfully pumping out multiple grams per litre of bioidentical bovine lactoferrin using nothing but yeast and a bit of fermentation finesse.
3 days ago2 min read
Mushroom Murder Trial Shaking Supermarket Chillers as Aussie Punters Panic Over Portobellos
There’s an uncomfortable smell in the produce aisle and it’s not from the shiitakes.
As headlines around Australia continue to orbit the 'Beef Wellington' mushroom murder trial of Erin Patterson (shown left in custody- ABC Australia) , mushroom growers are facing a very different kind of toxic fallout in the form of public distrust.
4 days ago2 min read
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