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Oat Industry Group chairman Graeme Gardyne talks about the oat industry in Southland (first published in February). “We were absolutely adamant we would not take any money from people who we did not believe genuinely valued our mission, which is a drive towards a more sustainable future,” he said. “We looked at it on balance; for a New Zealander to have achieved what he has achieved, albeit a four-year period where . I probably wouldn’t agree with what he did.” Liddell has been contacted for comment on his decision to invest. Wilkie said he believed Liddell was looking to invest in “a number of ethical and environmental companies”.
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New Zealand’s first plant-based milk factory will soon be built in the country’s Southland region. NZ Functional Foods Ltd. a new company created by regional development agency Great South plans to build a carbon-neutral plant-based food processing factory to produce products using the country’s viable plant crops, such as oats, hemp, and peas. The first product made will be oat milk. Great South has been working on alternative ways to support the area’s economy. Currently, oats grown for the country’s first homegrown oat milk brand, Otis Oat Milk, are grown and milled in the region and then sent to a factory in Sweden to be turned into milk before being returned to New Zealand.