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Vege tips: Fennel - confessions of an aniseed addict
Opinion: Florence fennel is flavoursome but sometimes frowned upon.

Barry Soper: NZ's brave new world of genetic modification
OPINION: NZ has finally come out of scientific hibernation and into the real world.

Opinion: If farmers can’t cover costs, what then for the economy?
Opinion: Most people in New Zealand know that farming is important for the economy.

Opinion: NZ is running out of gas - that’s good for the climate, bad for the economy
OPINION: NZ is running out of gas. That’s good for the climate, but bad for the economy.

Protein shake-up: What next for NZ?
OPINION: Is there room for both traditional and new and novel proteins?

Vege tips: How to grow a bumper crop of beetroot
Opinion: I love seeing friends leaving with their jars of beetroot.

Opinion: Where has all the veal gone?
Opnion: I can remember seeing veal in the local butcher shop window when I was young.

Linda Hall: Intelligence of the lambs leaves humans feeling sheepish
OPINION: Yep, the humans took the wrong ewe and her twins.

Vege tips: Don't pass up the versatile parsnip
Opinion: Do you say "pass" to parsnips or are they a fave?

Todd McClay: Primary sector stands ready to deliver for New Zealanders
Opinion: New Zealand farmers are world best – but we must do more.

The global food system is owned by an ever smaller number of companies - Opinion
OPINION: Across the world, more than 800 million people spend their days hungry.

Opinion: Don’t be afraid of running towards the hard stuff
OPINION: NZ's markets will define the standards we must meet, regulations are secondary.

Richard Prebble: A new path to net zero emissions
OPINION: Insisting on a plan using today’s technology just gives illusion of certainty.

Forestry and the drive to 'Survive to '25'
Sponsored content: OPINION: Not much movement with exports, China, or the carbon market.

Talking Point: A dam good plan for water resilience
OPINION: Our economy can work in harmony with the environment.

Climate change: NZ needs to get agriculture settings right
OPINION: Fragmentation leads to duplication, gaps and unintended consequences.

Scraping by in the 1950s: We had no fridge but we ate like kings
Opinion: On a Tuesday morning, I would take crayfish rolls to school for lunch.

How to make sweet chilli sauce - from your own chillies, no less
Opinion: Chillies are relatively easy to grow and take very little looking after.

Angus Simms: Record-breaking fruit season celebrated but still work to do in food waste
OPINION: Wonky Box ticks the food and waste boxes.

DairyNZ: Smoothing the road for Kiwi farmers
Sponsored content: Opinion: At the end of the day, when dairy does well, NZ does well.

The quiet strength of social supermarkets
OPINION: The Whakatāne social supermarket is a shining example of community collaboration.