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07-10-2016
SoCal gleaning org recovers millions of lbs of fresh produce
The number of food insecure residents in Southern California is staggering. According to Rick Nahmias, founder and executive director of Food Forward, there are nearly 2.4 million people in Los Angeles and surrounding counties who lack access to sufficient quantities of affordable, nutritious food.
06-10-2016
Book now for this year’s Young Horticulturist Awards Dinner
This year's Young Horticulturist of the Year Award Dinner is taking place on Thursday, 10 November.
06-10-2016
Are chemical thinners necessary?
Crop load management can the single most important practice determining the annual profitability of apple orchards, yet it is the most difficult.
06-10-2016
SA Growers Flood Appeal to support flood affected growers
South Australian vegetable grower body AUSVEG SA and the South Australian Produce Market have teamed up to establish the SA Growers Flood Appeal to rally support for local horticulture growers who have been affected by the recent floods and wild weather that have impacted the state’s horticulture producers.
06-10-2016
GlobalGAP enters future farm certification
Celebrating two decades of global partnership and fifteen years of good agricultural practices certification, GlobalGAP has set a course to prepare itself for future challenges.
06-10-2016
Massey researchers awarded $1.5m for high-value nutrition research
Research led by Distinguished Professor Harjinder Singh, Head of the Massey Institute of Food Science and Technology, and Co-Director of Riddet Institute, has been awarded $1.5 million of funding from the High-Value Nutrition National Science Challenge.
05-10-2016
HortNZ’s submission on ‘Better Urban Planning’ draft
Horticulture New Zealand’s Natural Resources and Environment team has submitted on the Productivity Commission’s Better Urban Planning draft report.
05-10-2016
US Food Safety Modernisation Act
The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) provided an update on the FSMA Act at a recent Plant Market Access Council meeting.
05-10-2016
Australian Organic to co-host Hort Connections in 2017
Australian Organic, owner of the country’s largest organic certification brand, Australian Certified Organic, has joined AUSVEG and PMA Australia-New Zealand (PMA-ANZ) to host Hort Connections, which will be held at the Adelaide Convention Centre from 15-17 May 2017.
05-10-2016
Breeding indigenous biological control agents against plague insects
The biological control of plague insects may be the future but there are still a number of challenges. “Many biological control agents that are currently being used are exotic organisms which might harm biodiversity,” says Bart Pannebakker from the Laboratory of Genetics at Wageningen University & Research.
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