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Jacqueline Rowarth

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Jacqueline Rowarth
Born1956
Occupation(s)Agronomist, dairy farmer

Jacqueline Sara Rowarth CNZM (born 1956) is a New Zealand and British agronomist, dairy farmer and science administrator.[1][2][3][4]

Career

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Rowarth was born at St Albans, UK.[5] She moved to New Zealand in 1976 and has an Agricultural Science degree with first-class honours in Environmental Agriculture, and obtained a PhD in Soil science from Massey University, with a 1987 thesis titled Phosphate cycling in grazed hill-country pasture.[6] She worked at AgResearch for 6 years before teaching plant science at Lincoln University.[7] From 2000‐2004 she was Dean of the Postgraduate Division and Director of Research at Unitec. She was briefly Associate Professor at the University of Melbourne from 2005 to 2006. She returned to New Zealand as a professor, teaching at Massey and Waikato universities.[8]

In October 2016 Rowarth left Waikato to become the first Chief Scientist of the Environmental Protection Authority.[9][10] In 2018 she resigned from her role at the Environmental Protection Authority. It was later revealed that the EPA was warned her behaviour was damaging trust in the organisation, apparently due to comments to the media about environmentalist concerns that she deemed unwarranted.[11][12] According to Rowarth she was often misquoted.[13][14]

Rowarth became a farmer-elected representative on the board of DairyNZ.[2] In 2024, she is a Director, and also adjunct professor at Lincoln University.[4]

Views

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Rowarth has strongly criticised veganism. She has argued that a vegan diet will not save the planet from climate change and has also argued that an omnivorous diet including a moderate amount of dairy products and meat delivers the required nutrients per person for least environmental impact.[15]

Recognition

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Selected publications

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  • Rowarth, Jacqueline (1987). Phosphate cycling in grazed hill-country pasture. Massey University.
  • Rowarth, Jacqueline; Cookson, W. R; Cornforth, I. S. (2002). "Winter soil temperature (2–15 °C) effects on nitrogen transformations in clover green manure amended or unamended soils; a laboratory and field study". Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 34 (10): 1401–1415. doi:10.1016/S0038-0717(02)00083-4.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

References

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  1. ^ "C.V." (PDF). sci.waikato.ac.nz. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Farmers elect representative to DairyNZ board".
  3. ^ "Jacqueline Rowarth: Dairy NZ farmer-elected director says farmers are doing their best to reduce emissions". spreaker.com. Retrieved 14 February 2023.
  4. ^ a b "Jacqueline Rowarth - farmer elected director". dairynz.co.nz. Retrieved 14 February 2023.
  5. ^ "Rowarth, Jacqueline Sara, 1956". National Library of New Zealand. 2024. Archived from the original on 2 October 2024.
  6. ^ Rowarth, Jacqueline (1987). Phosphate cycling in grazed hill-country pasture (Doctoral thesis). Massey Research Online, Massey University. hdl:10179/3640.
  7. ^ "30 November 1999 Leading Woman Scientist Among Lincoln Excellence Award Winners".
  8. ^ "Queen's Birthday Honours recognise services to agriculture, disability and biotechnology - Massey University".
  9. ^ "Jacqueline Rowarth appointed as EPA's chief scientist". Stuff.co.nz. 10 August 2016. Retrieved 22 March 2018.
  10. ^ "The EPA chief scientist". EPA. Retrieved 22 March 2018.
  11. ^ "EPA warned about scientist's behaviour". RNZ. 21 March 2018.
  12. ^ "Official letter" (PDF). www.parliament.nz. 2018. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
  13. ^ "Scientist Jacqueline Rowarth says she left EPA of own accord". Stuff. 23 March 2018.
  14. ^ "Was former EPA chief scientist Jacqueline Rowarth muzzled?". www.noted.co.nz.
  15. ^ "Dr Jacqueline Rowarth: Why veganism won't save the world". The Country. 2021. Archived from the original on 18 April 2024.
  16. ^ "Queen's Birthday honours list 2008". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 2 June 2008. Retrieved 1 February 2020.