Agri-Food specialist blending Business, Science & Technology
Paeroa 🇳🇿 & Toulouse 🇫🇷
Joined December 2015
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With a surge in donations, my $2,000 goal has been blown away - with over $20,000 now raised! (including corporate donations).
I'm still carrying a few blisters around with me - but it was more than worth it!
First video below, and update here: facebook.com/watch/?v=651701…
Rural hero doing his first marathon in gumboots to raise money for charities
tvnz.co.nz/one-news/new-zeal…
At #IFAMA2024 in Spain 🇪🇸
Fun fact from day one:
You may have heard the Great Wall of China is the only visible man-made object from space...
Actually, you can also see the greenhouses of Almeria, one of the most efficient food producing regions in the world ! 🌎
@IFAMAIntl – at Almería, Spain
Powerful presentation by @Jack_A_Bobo at @IFAMAIntl world congress, Almeria 🇪🇸
"Every 4 seconds, one person on our planet dies of hunger, and there's not a person here who wouldn't help if we saw this.
The problem is, we don't each see this, so we must increase the visibility" – at Almería, Spain
One of my favourite panels to date, facilitated by the brilliant @cjtaylor92
We dug into the detail of how to activate emerging talent - with ideas, insights, and examples
Check out @SeedFed & the ISF website for this and more from: #WorldSeed24 – at Rotterdam, The Netherlands
ISF insight - In the 1970's only 10% of #Americans consumed daily #snacks,
Now 10% of Americans get their entire #diet from snacking 🤢
Globally, ~90% of adults were snacking daily during covid - and many have continued...
#WorldSeed24 @SeedFed – at Rotterdam, The Netherlands
"If you're not already deeply uncomfortable around the board table, and bringing people into your organization that make you deeply uncomfortable - then you're missing the point on the climate crisis"
- Mike Burrell #CCBC23
Greenwashing, greenwishing, and greenhushing... a lot of talk at #CCBC23 on the balance between ensuring businesses are being genuine and meeting regulations, but aren't disincentivised from getting into action to make positive impact #deliveringnetzero
Congratulations @Agrisea on launching another amazing initiative at @FieldaysNZ.
Seaweed bioremediation to clean waterways while creating premium products - it doesn't get much better than that! Check-out
#PaeroaProud
@DamienOConnorMP @waikato
Is this a leap-frog alternative protein tech?
Finland start-up Solar Foods produce a protein 'Solein', containing all essential amino acids and made from CO2, air and electricity.
Now with approval to sell food products in Singapore
#Future #Food
foodnavigator.com/Article/20…
Personalised nutrition programme 'Zoe' includes an at-home testing process eating 'science muffins' and collecting stool samples to provide your dietary recommendations.
With an upcoming rebrand ahead of their UK launch - would you give it a go?
transformmagazine.net/articl…
This November I'm hiking 14 of the highest North Island mountains in just 10 days 🏔
All supporting an amazing and deserving cause - Big Brother, Big Sister.
Find out all about it here!
#charitychallenge #charity #mentoring #hiking
14peaks.org.nz/jack-keeys
Technology spotlight:
$10b gaming company 'NetDragon Websoft' has appointed an artificial intelligence-powered humanoid robot as their new Chief Executive Officer.
“Ms. Tang Yu.”
#Innovation #Gaming #Technology #AI
arabianbusiness.com/industri…
Stat of the day:
3/5 Australian high school students think all commercial dairy farm milking occurs by hand
🫴🐮
#education #agriculture #dairy
farmersweekly.co.nz/aus-kids…
"Plant-based milk alternatives contain just a fraction of the nutrition of cows’ milk, and are more expensive, a Riddet Institute study shows."
@NZStuff
#Milk #AlternativeProteins #Nutrition #dairy
stuff.co.nz/business/farming…
My presentation on 'innovation accelerators' at @IFAMAIntl Costa Rica 🇨🇷
I talked through 12 areas including the reversal of human ageing, weather modification and the latest in automated robotics!
#food #future #costarica #IFAMA22 #IFAMA
Any of my English and Scottish farmer friends be willing to host a younger version of me for a night or two?
Little brother is on a UK tour for a few weeks.
He won't work as hard, but I'll make sure he brings a bottle of NZ wine !
#ScotlandIsCalling #England
@pirntatonjim @AlexanderBrews2 @totallyewesome @cwrussell13 @Corrimony_Farm any of you lot need a couple farm jobs done? 😊
In a recent study by dairy company Arla:
- 15% said they get their news via memes,
- 34% use only social media to inform diet choices,
- 49% (of Gen Z) 'felt ashamed' to order dairy in public.
Worrying, but further insight into consumer minds.
Can dairy become 'cool' again?
A couple of interesting #food #innovation stories this week!
Japanese researchers create electric chopsticks which make food taste 1.5 times saltier
reuters.com/lifestyle/scienc…
Roboburger vending machine launches in a US mall with freshly grilled burgers
guiltyeats.com/2022/04/14/ne…
Easter reading with my niece! A beautiful book by @juliajones110
She loved all the #landshark videos and pictures on the site too ! landshark.nz
