INSIDE SLICE
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 means to them.
It’s about creating the best possible future for Aotearoa. It means using science to create sustainable opportunities for all New Zealanders — whether that’s creating jobs, protecting our primary production and native ecosystems, or producing the most sustainable premium produce. Aotearoa is unique so there’s no onesize-fits all approach — in fact, it is about exploring that uniqueness. Being smart is about world-class science, but it’s also about collaboration, considering multiple perspectives to create the best future outcomes. DR ROBIN MACDIARMID,
Team Leader, Virus & Like Organisms
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It’s about making sure my mokopuna can be involved in primary industries. I love how science can help us understand the way things work and help us find smarter approaches to farming. At Plant & Food Research we use science that has been tested in the real world, to constantly improve best practice. I used to work on my family farm but now as part of the Plant & Food Research whanau, we are working for the whole of Aotearoa New Zealand
A smart green future, to me, is a future where our food and materials production systems integrate cuttingedge technology and a culture of sustainability in a way that enhances and adds value to the ecosystems we engage in. It’s about thinking as a community of people, as stakeholders in nature, and as caretakers of scientific legacy — to leave our country and planet in better shape than we found it.
DION MUNDY
DR JAY JAYARAMAN
Scientist, Plant Pathology
Scientist, Bioprotection Technologies
