Lavender Hill, a sustainable lavender farm in Auckland’s Riverhead, has been awarded a Silver Qualmark rating and 4-star recognition for sustainable tourism by Tourism New Zealand.
Some smart planning by NZ’s onion growers has enabled them to quickly cash in on the Free Trade Agreement between New Zealand and the European Union which came into effect on May 1.
Touch wood, to date the kiwifruit season has generally been good. That’s the view of Colin Bond, chief executive of New Zealand Kiwifruit Growers Incorporated (NZKGI), the organisation that represents kiwifruit growers.
Scales Corporation is acquiring a number of orchard assets from Bostock Group.
It has been another mixed season for the country's summerfruit growers.
Authorities in China have clamped down on companies in that country which have been packaging and selling their own local fruit under the Zespri brand.
Zespri is forecasting better prices for NZ kiwifruit growers in the coming 2024/25 season.
Zespri has released its November forecast for the 2023/24 season, with Green, Organic Green and RubyRed per tray returns forecast at record levels, and Zespri SunGold varieties well up on last season.
With more Kiwis tightening their belts as necessities such as fruit and vegetables becoming harder to source at an affordable price, food delivery service Wonky Box has announced a massive expansion across the North Island.
The horticultural sector has much to gain from harnessing digital technology, machine learning and artificial intelligence to transform food production systems.
Scales Corp has recorded a 43.5% fall in underlying net profit after tax (NPAT) for the six months ending June 30.
New Zealand and Australia’s largest commercial greenhouse construction company, Apex Greenhouses, has agreed to sell a minority stake to Dutch company GreenV B.V.
The future of NZ’s $500 million plant production industry is in excellent hands if the talent shown by the competitors in this year’s Young Plant Producer of the Year is anything to go by.
With winter chills hitting, getting at least two servings of fruit each day is a great way to improve your health and wellbeing.
Nearly $600 million worth of New Zealand primary sector ingredients were sourced for McDonald's domestic and global use last year.
A recent independent evaluation has revealed that the Fruit and Vegetables in Schools (FIS) initiative continues to be NZ's most popular and effective healthy food programme.
T&G Global recently launched Joli, a new global premium apple variety, which the company says joins its established portfolio of Envy and JAZZ apple brands.
For the first time this year, the June Food Price Index (FPI) showed a drop in the cost of fruit and vegetables - as the country's growers recover from a tough spell of weather-related challenges.
New Zealand's short but sweet persimmon season is now underway.
A new report by Rabobank says global avocado trade will continue to grow in the next few years, but the market will be more competitive.
The country’s largest family owned and single-site kiwifruit and avocado post-harvest service provider has signed up to a sustainability linked loan (SLL) with ASB.
As of 1 May, Plant & Food Research has a new chief executive in Mark Piper.
Total exports of apples from the port of Napier in March 2023 were valued at $61 million, 2% up from March last year, according to data released by Stats NZ.
Rabobank's latest Rural Confidence survey has found that while farmers' sentiments are still in deeply negative territory, they have crept up from historic lows in late 2022.
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