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Microgreens business bounces back after Covid

10 August 2022

Hank Kang is the owner and manager of Blinkgreen, a burgeoning microgreens and edible flowers operation just outside Hamilton that’s experiencing phenomenal growth post-Covid-19.

Local workforce helps family apple business weather challenging times

10 August 2022

Adaptability, innovation and a focus on community and worker wellbeing, has enabled large pipfruit operation, CAJ Apples, to move from strength to strength with the support of the local workforce.

2022 HortNZ AGM papers

9 August 2022

2022 HortNZ AGM papers

Danny Bearsley wins horticulture Bledisloe Cup for 2022

5 August 2022

Danny Bearsley has won the horticulture Bledisloe Cup for 2022. Danny is credited with saving the Hawke’s Bay process vegetable industry in the 1990s.

Robin Oakley wins HortNZ Environmental Award for 2022

5 August 2022

Robin Oakley, a fifth-generation grower from Canterbury, has won a HortNZ Environmental Award for 2022. ‘Oakley's is dedicated to continuous improvement,’ said Robin.

MG wins HortNZ Environmental Award

28 July 2022

MG – Market Gardeners Ltd (MG) Auckland Branch – has won a 2022 Horticulture New Zealand Environmental Award.

Downsizing crops, but passion for tomatoes remains strong

26 July 2022

Eddie and Lyn are scaling back their commercial operation into a more modest business while remaining enthusiastic about growing fresh produce in the Bay of Plenty.

Revitalising the family orchard’s roots

26 July 2022

An ageing orchard, drainage issues and a lack of experience failed to deter a duo of newbie growers from reinvigorating a family orchard.

Laura Schultz is 2022 Bay of Plenty Young Grower of the Year

21 July 2022

Laura Schultz from Trevelyans has been named Bay of Plenty’s Young Grower for 2022.

Understanding the threat of fall armyworm in New Zealand

20 July 2022

After fall armyworm was found in Tauranga in March, primary sector partners have ramped up research to understand what level of threat the pest poses to production crops and native species.