The three Mark Blue Scholarship fund winners are: 

• Renee Scott, Southern Produce Limited for a Diploma in Business;
• Kyrs Lockhart, Montague for a Study Tour;
• Ashlee Kilmartin, Oakville Produce for the Emerging Leaders Program.

The Mark Blue Scholarship was announced at the 2015 Fresh Connections Conference in Melbourne in honour of Mark Blue. He was a regular mentor over a number of years for students attending PMA Australia-New Zealand’s Career Pathways Program. The organsations said that as a mentor  hewas absolutely passionate about helping these students and assisting them to experience all that the industry can offer as a career.

In memory of Blue, CHEP Australia, Rand Transport, Avanti Fresh, Sydney Markets and PMA A-NZ have each agreed to contribute $5,000 per annum for three years to launch the Mark Blue Scholarship. This scholarship has been designed to help further young people's careers in the fresh produce and floral industries through education, networking and personal development. 

Applications for round two now open:

For more information about applying for the Mark Blue Scholarship, Click Here

Candidates will be able to use the fund towards any degree, diploma, training course, internship, study tour, conference or trade show that will help towards their career advancement in the fresh produce and floral industries.    

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