6 April 2022
Hot, dry summers and mild winters are putting extra pressure on the country’s tamarillo growers as Tomato Potato Psyllid (TPP) populations thrive. Helena O’Neill talks with Robyn Wickenden.
Asha Chhagan was so intrigued by biology that when it came to deciding what to specialise in for her master’s degree, she couldn’t decide between birds or insects.
31 March 2022
Biosecurity New Zealand has confirmed that a single fall armyworm egg mass has been found in Tauranga. Fall Armyworm is an invasive pest that has been spreading rapidly around the world.
30 March 2022
Many of the late John Wilton’s articles were about looking forward to the next orchard management phase and how to best prepare for it using the information collected during harvest.
Allie Telfer knows exactly where she would have been without the Springboard Community Works programme mentoring and encouraging her into a future in horticulture.
Working with the variabilities of the natural environment to produce high-quality food for the world is among the reasons the horticultural industry is the career of choice for Melissa Bennett.
23 March 2022
Update: Michelle Sands, strategy and policy manager. When it comes to the challenge of climate change, we are all in this together: the primary sector and wider economy, rural and urban communities.
From midnight this Friday 25 March, the traffic light settings will be simplified with many restrictions and requirements being lifted.
Anthony Taueki is “shaking the tree” and opening people’s minds up about the horticulture industry, from education through to careers. ANNE HARDIE reports.
Wellness is now the biggest food opportunity of our lifetime, says Alice Moore, general manager of BerryCo.
