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Aimee Charteris: redesigning the sheep

July 19, 2019

Growing up on a remote sheep and beef property 75 kms west of Gisborne on New Zealand’s North Island, like many other Kiwi farm youngsters, Aimee Charteris worked on-farm after school and during holidays. That […]

Exciting times for women in meat science

May 23, 2019

As one of the meat industry’s most senior female leaders, AgResearch science team leader for Food Assurance Dr Gale Brightwell has been pleased to note the sudden growth of numbers of young women entering meat […]

The AgResearch-Massey Joint Food Science Facility is taking shape in Palmerston North

New home for meat and food science is taking shape in Palmerston North

May 23, 2019

In about eight months, Dr Gale Brightwell will be standing with colleagues at the opening of the bright new Joint Food Science Facility (JFSF) at the Massey University campus in Palmerston North. It will be […]

PrimeCut: Moving on to 2019 National Lamb Day

May 9, 2019

Looking ahead at the sector’s 2019 National Lamb Day later this month (24 May), it struck me that the sector has much to celebrate around the table. A lot has happened since that first shipment […]

MIA Focus Part I: Innovation transforming red meat quality

April 8, 2019

In March, red meat scientists, technologists and processing companies considered the latest innovations and science to help drive transformation of the sector at two annual workshops in Hamilton. More than 100 participants, including representatives from […]

Comment: Where are the women in red meat sector leadership?

January 31, 2019

Just before Christmas our traditional annual look at export red meat sector leadership came in for a bit of passionate flak from some of the female half of our readership, reflecting a point I had […]

MIA Matters: Social licence to operate new R&D priority for red meat processing

June 12, 2018

Investment in collaborative research focused on the red meat processing sector’s ‘social licence to operate’ and development of a sustainable meat plant of the future are among new research and development priorities for industry, writes […]

Part of the AgResearch meat team at Ruakura. Left to right are Dr Santanu Deb-Choudhury, PhD student Talia Hicks, Dr Cameron Craigie, Kevin Tauiri and Mustafa Farouk

Meat innovation at work

May 21, 2018

A fascinating day was spent by MeatExportNZ at AgResearch Ruakura, recently, surrounded by the hum of meat innovation and enthusiastic researchers, all passionate about their work. The team of 20 AgResearch scientists associated with meat […]

Tom Richardson addressing the 2018 AgResearch Meat Industry Workshop

MIA Focus: Disruption will drive opportunity for the red meat sector

April 6, 2018

Disruption will drive opportunity for the red meat sector, meat processors heard at the latest Meat Industry Workshops in Hamilton this year. Twenty-four speakers over two days made 14 and 15 March a very worthwhile […]

The foundations are going in for the new Joint Food Science Centre in Palmerston North

Work has started on the new Food Science Facility at Palmerston North

March 29, 2018

The new $45 million Food Science Facility is starting to take shape in a hole in the ground alongside FoodHQ on Massey University’s Mānawatu campus, in Palmerston North. The new joint facility concept between AgResearch […]

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