The 'authentic' food trend is taking off – will NZ farming keep up?

The 'authentic' food trend is taking off – will NZ farming keep up?
A new dawn for New Zealand farmers. (Image: Getty)
Nicola Harvey
A few months ago, the popular lifestyle imprint New York Magazine declared that hot girls are drinking whole milk again.They’re ditching alt-mylks because oat milk is too oily apparently, and almond milk is increasingly unappealing because its water-heavy production system contributes to the environmental dystopia that is California in severe drought. So dairy milk is having a resurgence according to the reporter’s primary source, a waitress-cum-barista named Meetka who works in downtown Manhattan: the primary haunt for hot girls &n...

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