kiwifruit
The best organic kiwifruit in the world is easier to find in Sacramento than in Tauranga. New Zealand's organic sector just hit $1.18 billion, and most of it leaves the country. Five structural reasons the domestic organic market stalled while the rest of the western world moved on.
organic farming NZ
Fonterra's South Island organic expansion looks like an export play. And it probably is. But when NZ's largest dairy co-op puts real infrastructure behind organic farming, something shifts for the whole sector. Here's what caught my attention — and the question it leaves open.
Organic Food NZ
New Zealand's organic sector just hit $1.18 billion. Exports are growing at nearly double the rate of the wider primary sector. But buried in the same report is a figure that changes the story: a 78% collapse in new farm conversions. Here's what the data actually means for the domestic food system.
