Maggie Asplet has taken over from Chris Fortune since her appointment at this year’s conference in July.  With Fortune being a celebrity chef he already has an established public profile.  This is one of the things that Asplet will work on developing.

No stranger to the farmers’ market scene, she has been involved with the FMNZ national board for two years and has been secretary for the Gisborne Farmers’ Market since 2010.

Asplet, and husband Garry Griffin, also have their own Sunrise Orchard stall at the Gisborne Farmers’ Market.

Outside her new role as FMNZ chair, she breeds irises and is the web mistress for the New Zealand Iris Society.  A member of the New Zealand Federation of Business and Professional Women Incorporated, and enters her Samoyeds in show dog competition.