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Every day we have 1000 people working across Aotearoa New Zealand and the world to help deliver healthy foods from the world’s most sustainable systems. Here’s what a smart green future together means to them.
A smart green future together includes creating value from science that addresses a wide range of important sustainability and food production challenges that matter deeply to our sectors, partners and stakeholders. It’s about science discovery and that discovery being applied to deliver impact. Working collaboratively we’re tackling important issues related to climate change, environmental impacts, resource use, ecosystem health and biodiversity and high efficiency food systems. DR PAUL JOHNSTONE
General Manager, Sustainable Production
I think a smart green future together means using scientific knowledge to develop innovative ways of producing and marketing crops to deliver what consumers want, while ensuring that what we produce is economically, socially and environmentally sustainable. It’s about forward thinking that combines good science with traditional knowledge. And it’s about kaitiakitanga — to ensure that we use resources efficiently and reduce the impacts on the environment. For me, the most important part is ‘together’ — collaborating with a range of people including scientists, growers and marketers to ensure greater success. DR JILL STANLEY Group Leader, Fruit Crops Physiology
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A smart green future together means thinking holistically, weighing inputs and outputs against costs and benefits for society and environment. As scientists we need to think about the whole system. Everything is connected, so a change to one part ripples through the entire system. A smart green future is about understanding those relationships and then thinking long term and using science to support environmental resilience and a sustainable and circular future for Aotearoa. DR RICHARD EDMONDS
Bioprocessing Engineer, Food Solutions
