Nuffield Blog & News

Triennale Nuffield Conference 2017: United Kingdom

David Kiss and Jason Rolfe, 2017 Nuffield Scholars England – The Triennial The Triennial was an amazing opportunity to catch-up with not only the other groups who were also travelling on their GFPs, but also to meet and interact with a range of scholars from all countries and years.  They provided a fascinating insight into

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New Harvest Conference New York: Synthetic Food Debate

Richard Fowler, 2016 Nuffield Scholar The hype and debate around synthetic food seems to keep ramping up with a continuous stream of articles in the farming papers and mentions from so called futurists, but when I attended the New Harvest 2017 conference in New York last month, I got the impression that the rhetoric and

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Update from the General Manager

Anne Hindson, November 2017 There has been lots going on since I last updated you in August. This is my summary of the key activities and the highlights of the year.Earlier this month we announced our 2018 Scholars. This edition follows up on our brief, pre-media announcement to you with photos and bios of the

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Jessica Bensemann in Mexico City

Jessica Bensemann, 2016 Nuffield Scholar I am currently in Mexico City on a temporary assignment for four months as Acting Deputy Head of Mission in the New Zealand Embassy. It’s an interesting time to be in the region, with the recent conclusion of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for the Trans Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) and

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Wicked Challenges

What comes before the eureka moment? What is the latest thinking and what are the cutting-edge innovations in the agriculture and food?

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Juliet Maclean: A Note from the Chair

November 2017 Since my last note, not only do we have a new government, we also have five new Nuffield scholars.  The businesses of farming and growing have changed dramatically over the past decade. Historically, it was adequate for farmers to express a personal desire to care for their livestock and land and to ‘do

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Social Licence To Operate or Licence to Produce

I was interested by the fact that many felt that NZ was perhaps the country feeling some of the most significant scrutiny, with a few people commenting on the fact that New Zealand’s farmers are now considered to be on the table of social standing at about the same level as the politicians.

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2012 Nuffield Scholars

The 2012 Nuffield Scholars announced before the Minister of Agriculture on 31 October 2011, are Sandra Faulkner (Gisborne), Richard Fitzgerald (Methven) and Michael Tayler (Temuka).

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