The Country - Fake Chews edition

Today on The Country Jamie Mackay talks to Dr Rosie Bosworth about whether alternative proteins have a place in the future of New Zealand agriculture.

On with the show:

Dr Rosie Bosworth:

Is a food futurist and advocate of alternative proteins who asks "how much at risk is the New Zealand economy in a post-animal world of plant-based meat and dairy products?"

Steve Maharey:

A former Labour Cabinet Minister and former Vice Chancellor of Massey University comments on the world's leading agricultural university (Wageningen in the Netherlands) and New Zealand's future as food nation producing clean, green, pasture-fed meat and dairy products.

Dave Yard:

We talk to the Biosecurity NZ Incident Controller for the mop-top potato virus outbreak which has been discovered on two properties in the Canterbury region.

Jim Hopkins:

Our resident rural raconteur proffers an opinion on Tiger Woods, Jacinda Ardern, Donald Trump and the cost to the New Zealand economy of the ban on new offshore oil and gas exploration.

Listen below: