Tag: Future of Food

Dec 17, 2024 Got a bold food and fibre idea? AGMARDT’s transitional Agribusiness Innovation Grant (AIG) round is now open, offering early-stage innovation funding to help bring great ideas to life. This round is a step towards a new approach to future AGMARDT grant rounds, making the process easier and more targeted. To save applicants time and effort, AGMARDT is trialling a simple Expression of Interest (EOI) process, giving innovators a quick way to share their idea before completing a full application. EOIs are open until 29 June 2026, with successful applicants invited to submit...

April 1, 2026 In this episode of RaboTalk Growing our Future episode, host Katie Rodwell talks with Dr Victoria Hatton, CEO of FoodHQ, about why New Zealand’s food and fibre sector is still running on a 100-year-old “commodity operating system” despite our premium reputation, driving export growth through volume rather than value and leaving farmers exposed to competitors who can simply produce it cheaper. Victoria argues the real opportunity is playing the long game in premium markets by building what customers really want not just shipping what we produce, with fast-growing potential...

March 26, 2026 The New Zealand Future Food and Fibre Summit, E Tipu 2026, is the place for farmers who want to stay ahead in a rapidly changing sector, says FoodHQ chief executive Dr Victoria Hatton. She says the summit, to be held this year in Christchurch from May 20-22, will bring together leading thinkers, innovators, and doers to share practical insights on technology adoption, market trends, sustainability, and resilience. Read The Full Article Latest Articles

March 18, 2026 Food futurist and keynote speaker at E Tipu New Zealand Future Food and Fibre Summit, Jack Bobo, argues the food system’s hardest problem is social. When no one can trust what you say, why would they buy your product? He argues framing and language can determine whether industry and advocates collaborate or reach a deadlock. In a wide-ranging conversation, FoodHQ asks Jack to reflect on the future of food to 2100. Opportunity: Rebuild trust by changing the story. We have an opportunity to move from argument to problem solving, ...

March 16, 2026 Seen the latest fad diet? Following a new food guru? Confused about what to eat? You’re not alone. Nutritional advice is the biggest source of misinformation online. For consumers, it’s a mess of conflicting fads and facts. For producers, it’s walking a minefield of science and marketing hype. How can Kiwi producers build trust in a world of nutritional noise? Trust in food information is at all-time low; diet and nutrition advice is the largest category of misinformation on social media. Disagreements...

Jan 28, 2026 The Manawatū campus welcomed 56 secondary school students from across Aotearoa New Zealand for the inaugural Food Innovation Youth Summit in January. The three-day immersive experience was designed to showcase the creativity, science and collaboration behind the food industry. – Massey University Article Read More Here Latest Articles

Jan 28, 2026 It all started as an idea at FoodHQ, then began with a spark at Innovation Day last year. How could the next generation be inspired to see beyond the supermarket shelf, to imagine, create, and shape the future of food in New Zealand? That question grew quietly over the months, until it became something much more tangible: The Food Innovation Youth Summit (FIYS). Last week, secondary students from across Aotearoa arrived at Massey University’s Manawatū campus, curious and eager. Over three days, the summit transformed curiosity into experience, theory into hands-on...

Dec 10, 2025 New Zealand’s next phase of growth will depend on pairing quality with curiosity, but are we ready? Our production mindset has long focused on scale, but success now depends on how well we understand our consumers. IKEA’s painstaking study of Kiwi homes before opening here showed what empathy in action looks like: listening before selling, designing before assuming. As India’s vast, complex market edges within reach through a free trade deal, the burning question is whether New Zealand can make that same shift, or whether we’ll cling to old habits...

Dec 17, 2025 E Tipu – The New Zealand Future Food and Fibre Summit 2026 is a landmark gathering for our sector, bringing together farmers, growers, iwi, innovators, researchers, agribusiness leaders, investors and policymakers to tackle the big questions shaping the future of food and fibre in Aotearoa New Zealand. Taking place at Te Pae Christchurch Convention Centre, Ōtautahi, on 21–22 May 2026 under the theme “Trending Into the Future”, the summit dives into food trends, capability, investment, AI and digital disruption, new proteins, consumer trends, rural wellbeing and more through...

July 31, 2025 It’s already New Zealand’s biggest industry – what more can it do? If New Zealand is to double the value of exports by 2035, dairy must surely do a lot of the heavy lifting. But how much more growth and innovation can we expect to see? With so much pressure facing the sector from both home and abroad, where does sustainable growth come from? And without dairy, can New Zealand do it? Dairy is unparalleled by any other sector, growing almost 10-fold in 30 years. Growth is in volume and value; and...