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scigest - Plant & Food Research podcast
Welcome to Scigest - podcast-sized servings of digestible science from Plant & Food Research. Join us as we explore the advancements and impact our scientists are making in food production, including developing new cultivars, innovative new foods, to bioprotection science, AI and technology, and cre...
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Protecting a plant with PVR (FTL)
When you go to the supermarket, you’ll find lots of different varieties of fruits and vegetables. Many people have a favourite apple, kiwifruit, potat...
Nature, hunger and food waste with Iain Lees-Galloway (PPF)
Feed people, not landfill. Around 30% of food grown for human consumption never gets eaten, yet thousands still go hungry. What role does food rescue...
The science of biofoul and making the most of a bad thing (FTS)
From shellfish and seaweeds to tiny amphipods, biofouling is the stubborn layer of life that clings to boats and marine structures, creating costly ma...
Intellectual property in science (BTS)
How do you take a brilliant scientific idea and turn it into something that makes a real difference in the world? The answer often starts with intelle...
Silent Spring, Star Wars, and sustainable business (PPF)
What is sustainability, and how can businesses contribute to it? Why do many larger organisations in Aotearoa New Zealand align with the Sustainable B...
Sue Muggleston: Protecting ideas, powering discovery (SLFM)
Securing intellectual property (IP) for our research is now a vital aspect of science delivery in Aotearoa New Zealand, though this was not always the...
A natural defence for vineyard pests (BDIS)
Mealybugs may be tiny, but they’re causing big problems for Aotearoa New Zealand’s wine industry by spreading the destructive Grapevine leafroll-assoc...
Using AI to help create new plant proteins (NT)
In this episode of Scigest, we delve into the fascinating and ever-evolving world of utilising artificial intelligence in science. Host and senior sci...
Up-beet about sustainable sugar (PPF)
Grab a cuppa and prepare to be recharged by this high-energy chat with Dr Vicky Foster about the British sugar industry. Vicky has held various leader...
Packing a punch for sustainability (PPF)
Fancy a sprinkle of positivity? Then check out this conversation with Sarah Lei, Head of Sustainability at Trevelyan's Pack & Cool Ltd., an understate...
People, planet, kiwifruit – with Rachel Depree (PPF)
What does it take to deliver sustainable livelihoods for growers, green international shipping, and support healthy nutrition around the globe? In thi...
Under the Skin – Perfecting Nature’s Packaging (FTL)
The skin of fruit serves more than just a protective barrier; it acts as nature’s packaging—the first element we notice, touch, and often judge. In th...
Trust, tech and the table: the future of food with Jack Bobo (SMAS)
Food futurist Jack Bobo joins scientist Hilary Ireland to explore the future of food production. From the impact of agriculture on the planet to the p...
Mette Nielsen: The incredibly beautiful thrips! (SLFM)
Most growers and home gardeners don't view thrips positively, but perhaps we could change your perspective. This week, data scientist and podcaster To...
Plant-based yoghurts (SITK)
Most people are already familiar with products like oat milk and almond butter, but what about barley yoghurt? Scientists at Plant & Food Research are...
Hope in turbulent times (PPF)
People | Planet | Food - Host Roger Robson-Williams speaks with sustainability experts Saskia Verraes and Martin Rich about the future they aspire to...
The challenge of gene editing a plant (NT)
Gene editing is a new technology with the potential to breed new crops faster. With changing regulations worldwide on how gene editing can be incorpor...
Bringing change through compost, carbon, and connection (PPF)
People | Planet | Food – In this episode, host Roger Robson-Williams chats with friend and colleague Stephen Wallace, Sustainability Manager at AgRese...
Suzie Newman: A life in International development (SLFM)
Success in international development projects requires not only a variety of skills, including project management, people, and technical skills, but a...
A fresh look at steam power (PPF)
People | Planet | Food – in this episode, host Roger Robson-Williams delves into the innovative world of modern steam power with Jack Donaldson from M...
Fish bites: The Potential of Lab-Grown Food (FTS)
Cellular agriculture is an evolving technology where animal meat is grown in a lab using just their cells. This process is potentially an important wa...
Rebecca Campbell: Mapping out a career in geoinformatics (SLFM)
Geoinformatics is the analysis of spatial data using technology to understand and solve real-world problems.
Scientist and Scigest podcast host...
Plant elicitors - a vaccine for plants? (BDIS)
Plant elicitors have huge potential to help protect New Zealand crops from disease. Acting much like a vaccine, these elicitors allow plants to defend...
Powering up the food system (PPF)
People | Planet | Food - Roger Robson-Williams speaks with Mike Casey, about producing cherries without using fossil fuels and running a charity calle...
Working with AI (NT)
AI has captured everyone’s attention and clearly has the potential to be a very important tool for our scientists in the future, but there are still a...
The Climate Action Campus (PPF)
People | Planet | Food - Roger Robson-Williams speaks with Catherine Leeper, a Learning Advisor at Climate Action Campus Ōtautahi, about the importanc...
Anna Kokeny: starting with a solitary bee (SLFM)
Aotearoa New Zealand has many native solitary bees, but not much is known about them. In this Scigest episode, newly-minted podcaster and apiculture s...
Avoiding planetary boundary overshoot with Kate Meyer (PPF)
People | Planet | Food - Roger Robson-Williams speaks with Kate Meyer, Founder and CEO of the Planetary Accounting Network (PAN). This small not-for-p...
Beginners guide to gene technologies (NT)
Over the last 25 years, genetic techniques have rapidly evolved. In this episode of Scigest, scientists Blue Plunkett and Dr Revel Drummond provide a...
Rob Agnew: Changing weather into wine (SLFM)
For nearly 40 years, retiring scientist Rob Agnew has dedicated his career to logging and analysing the changing weather patterns in the Marlborough r...
An irresistible virgin redback spider lure (BDIS)
Redback spiders have established populations in Central Otago and Taranaki, posing a threat to human health and taonga native species such as the crit...
The future urban consumer - part 2 (SITK)
Join us for the latest insights from a comprehensive global study on consumer preferences, following up on our initial Future Urban Consumer podcast f...
Exploring agritech with Brendan O’Connell (PPF)
In this episode of People | Planet | Food, Roger Robson-Williams speaks with Brendan O’Connell, Chief Executive of AgritechNZ, to discuss the role of...
Dion Mundy: new tech for the vine doctor (SLFM)
New technologies are essential in helping scientists and growers combat vine diseases in vineyards. This week, podcaster and data scientist Tom Moore...
Aotearoa New Zealand’s largest flume tank (FTS)
Plant & Food Research's Nelson site is home to Aotearoa New Zealand's largest flume tank, an innovative facility that allows scientists to test and de...
Future-Fit: Navigating Sustainability with Martin Rich (PPF)
In this episode of the People | Planet | Food podcast series, host Roger Robson-Williams talks to Martin Rich, a former investment banker turned Chief...
Food. Who's helping? (PPF)
What would it take to make the global food system healthier, fairer, and more environmentally restorative? Hi, I am Roger Robson-Williams, Chief Susta...
Roger Robson-Williams: A man on a mission (SLFM)
Roger Robson-Williams, Chief Sustainability Officer at Plant & Food Research, joins Scigest podcast host Rebecca Bloomer to discuss his scientific jou...
Dr James Sainsbury - Buzzworthy science (SLFM)
Working with bees, and in local body politics means you are always at risk of being stung at some stage, but that hasn’t stopped our latest guest, api...
The New Zealand Food Composition Database (SITK)
Knowing what’s in the food you consume is important – to help with that, scientists at Plant & Food Research are responsible for managing a database c...