PANEL: Growing your farming destiny (recorded at Leeston event)
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When your world feels like farming & growing food for the future is just getting a bit too hard, listen to our panel's discussion on what excites them about New Zealand's future. Sarah Perriam-Lampp recently hosted six guests at the Lakeside Memorial Hall at Leeston, Canterbury for a dinner event sponsored by ESAI to discuss how we can grow our farming destiny in the context of what we can control and the opportunities before us. Panel includes: Hamish Gow - Global Value Chains, Lincoln University Rhys Roberts - CEO, Align Farms Gabi & Doug Micheal - Owners, Gladfield Malt Mandy Bell - Chair, Deer Industry NZ & NZFAP+ Farmer Tim Jones - B-Corp certified consultant, The Grow Good Guy LINKS: Value Chain Innovation Tour (watch this space, another tour coming in 2023/24) with Hamish Gow More about Align Farms (Rhys Roberts) More about Gladfield Malt (Doug & Gabi Michael) More about WAI Wānaka & Criffel Station (Mandy Bell) More about getting B Corp certified with The Grow Good Guy (Tim Jones) More about ESAI - Ellesmere Sustainable Agriculture Inc who hosted the panel at the Lakeside Memorial Hall at Leeston. CONTACT THE SHOW: Email: [email protected] Website: sarahscountry.com
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