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    Launching a food revolution - by frog



    The Greens have put the politics of food front and centre of their election campaign yesterday with Jeanette launching a food revolution. I’m recruiting a democratic coalition of the willing for our revolution. Our revolution is not a violent one with guns and tanks. Nor is it a falsely stereotypical one of hippies and activists. [...] read more
    June 1, 2008 7:39 am - 38 Comments
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    Russian milk, Kiwi cows - by frog



    Yesterday New Zealand First’s Doug Woolerton took an opportunity to ask the Minister of Finance about Russian company Nutritek being allowed to create New Zealand’s first totally foreign-owned dairy producer and whether the Overseas Investment Act should have stepped in to do something about this takeover.  Foreign investment generally and the Overseas Investment Act in [...] read more
    May 29, 2008 9:58 am - 11 Comments
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    Fonterra has more money for industrial dairy - by frog



    Was it really only one month ago that we were falling off our chairs over the fact that Fonterra was forecast to pay dairy farmers $7.30 for a kilo of milk solids?  That gave the average farm $850,000 of income.  Well, records are made to be broken, so today Fonterra is hinting the payment could [...] read more
    May 27, 2008 3:27 pm - 12 Comments
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    Fonterra goes to Chile - by frog



    Greens do tend to go on rather a lot about their criticisms of the whole ‘infinite growth in a finite world’ concept.  The reason they do this I think is frustration that the effects of continuing to grow when you have nowhere to grow into are so blindingly obvious.  It’s a baking soda and vinegar [...] read more
    April 30, 2008 9:33 am - 4 Comments
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    Industrial dairy’s big payout - by frog



    While it is good to see some of our farmers doing well I do have to wonder what Fonterra’s record payout for dairy farmers ($7.30 per kilogram of milk solids, up from $4.46/kg last year) will do to further encourage dairy conversions. New Zealand is currently rapidly converting diverse farms and forests into a monolith [...] read more
    April 11, 2008 3:04 pm - 22 Comments
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    The growth of industrial dairy - by frog



    Another disgruntled Federated Farmer, Frank Brenmuhl, is unhappy that the Greens are not recognising the hard work the intensive dairy industry is already doing to clean up its act: Again dairy farmers through the environmental policies of DairyNZ are quietly working away in the background making incremental gains for all society and not making a [...] read more
    February 20, 2008 2:36 pm - 5 Comments
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