23-02-2023, 09:21 AM
The point is that Fonterra's sole reason for being is to help farmers by selling the dairy products they produce.
Artificial food might be a reality for the future but it's not Fonterra's job to be investigating it. Our primary sources of natural food are under threat and we should be doing our best to support production of good, healthy, natural food. The analogy of the horse-drawn days giving way to the ICE is interesting. Right on one level, but now we are re-thinking the ICE. The freedoms it gave us to enrich our lives are now being criticised as wasteful. Let's not make similar mistakes with food. The techs can investigate food alternatives as they will continue doing, but here in NZ our culture and population level allows us to enjoy proper food and may that continue.
Artificial food might be a reality for the future but it's not Fonterra's job to be investigating it. Our primary sources of natural food are under threat and we should be doing our best to support production of good, healthy, natural food. The analogy of the horse-drawn days giving way to the ICE is interesting. Right on one level, but now we are re-thinking the ICE. The freedoms it gave us to enrich our lives are now being criticised as wasteful. Let's not make similar mistakes with food. The techs can investigate food alternatives as they will continue doing, but here in NZ our culture and population level allows us to enjoy proper food and may that continue.