In an interview promoting the concept of a Ministry of Food, the Cordon Bleu-trained writer says she is horrified to see guidelines around children’s nutrition discouraging dairy and red meat in diets.
“That really is tantamount to treason,” she opines.
Jacobs believes the time is ripe for a Ministry that would not only offer guidance over nutrition but also make life easier for producers by cutting across the myriad agencies they have to deal with in favour of a one-stop central agency.
And while Jacinda Ardern is riding high in public esteem, who better to head the Ministry, she asks.
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