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16-11-2016

EUFRUIT first General Assembly meets

EUFRUIT thematic network met in Leuven on 9 November for its first General Assembly.

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16-11-2016

Giant research leap needed to rein in farm-driven antimicrobial resistance

Mounting evidence that food systems may be major conduits of anti-microbial resistance (AMR) point to the need for greater vigilance over the way antibiotics are used on farms.

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16-11-2016

Trade the way to change Middle America’s fortunes

In the wake of the recent US Presidential Election, Horticulture New Zealand’s CEO, Mike Chapman, suggests that history demonstrates that that the path to power and prosperity is trade.

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16-11-2016

NZ Flowers Week ready to go!

It is only a few days away from the launch of the first ever NZ Flowers Week.

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16-11-2016

Taste Trail proves popular

Thousands of people turned out recently to taste the wares of nine food producers on the inaugural Horowhenua Taste Trail. There were guided tours, tastings, fresh produce to purchase, and entertainment.

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16-11-2016

NGIA Structure Review report available for review

Nursery and Garden Industry Association of Australia’s committee reports that it has now completed its Structural Review.

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15-11-2016

Food Safety Research Centre scholarships available

A number of PhD scholarships are currently available for the Industrial Transformation Training Centre for Food Safety in Fresh Produce, funded by the Australian Research Council, which will open next year.

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15-11-2016

Fiji to invest $2.86m to fight fruit flies

The Fiji Times has reported that the country's Biosecurity Authority's (BAF) programme to manage fruit flies has been boosted by a $2.86 million funding from the International Atomic Energy Agency.

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15-11-2016

Rose growers expand use of LEDs

Philips Lighting reported that Dutch and Belgian rose growers, Porta Nova and Scheers Rose Nursery, have expanded their use of horticultural LED lighting.

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15-11-2016

South island wineries in clean-up mode

Marlborough and North Canterbury wineries are now cleaning up after the recent earthquakes, according to New Zealand Winegrowers.

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