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Rabobank Best of The Country - March 20, 2021

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19 Mar, 2021 03:59 PM2 mins to read

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This week on The Best of The Country, Jamie Mackay caught up with KiwiHarvest general manager Blandina Diamond to talk the charity's partnership with Rabobank.

This week's top interviews are:

Dr Jacqueline Rowarth:

One of New Zealand's leading farming academics looked at the cost of food, and we asked if the world was on the brink of a hunger pandemic.

Jim Hopkins:

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This week our rural raconteur reckoned "an apple a day, pays the way" when it came to letting Hawkes Bay pickers, as opposed to Lion King thespians, into the country.

David Parker:

Is he a freshwater zealot or a visionary? We questioned the Minister for the Environment about the deferral, until May 2022, of the implementation of intensive winter grazing regulations in Southland.

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Jim Gibbs:

The senior lecturer at Lincoln University in livestock health and production, expanded on some fascinating research on how feeding times for sheep and cattle can reduce the amount of greenhouse gases ending up in the atmosphere from their urine.

Blandina Diamond:

The GM of KiwiHarvest, shared some staggering stats on food wastage and why her food rescue charity had formed a partnership with Rabobank to help feed the nearly one in five New Zealand children who live in households with severe to moderate food insecurity.

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