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The Future of Food
Thirteen long reads on the forces reshaping what New Zealand grows, makes and sells. Each one picks a live question, from GLP-1 medicines to the boardroom, and asks what it means for the choices we make next.
13 issues · 2024 to 2026 · Free to read and share
Governed for yesterday
Is the boardroom holding the New Zealand food sector back?
Governance
The other half of the prescription
How GLP-1 drugs are creating a market New Zealand could own
GLP-1 and nutrition
Food fighters
Why polarisation is the real food crisis, and how it can be fixed
Trust and evidence
Trust in food
Would you like some facts with that?
Trust and evidence
Thinking like our customers
Can a production-first nation learn to think like its customers?
Customers and markets
Milking it
What more can dairy achieve?
Dairy
High satiety
Why GLP-1 diet drugs could transform the food industry
GLP-1 and nutrition
Into the blue
Is this aquaculture's big moment or another damp squib?
Aquaculture
The breakthrough
Can New Zealand become a powerhouse of food innovation?
Innovation
Seeing red
Can red meat recover its glorious past?
Red meat
New and novel proteins
Or is there room for both traditional and new and novel proteins?
Proteins
Riches in niches
How well is the New Zealand food sector innovating to meet global demand?
Customers and markets
Gene genius
How gene technology is changing the future of food
Gene technologyThe Future of Food series was originally published by FoodHQ Innovation Limited between 2024 and 2026, while I was Chief Executive. Each issue is reproduced here in full, with thanks to my co-authors, the contributors and FoodHQ's partners.
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