1 August 2024
By Andrew Bristol Vegetable growing in Victoria, Australia is ‘always changing, always evolving,’ says Butler Market Gardens chief executive officer, Rick Butler.
24 July 2024
Changes to industrial allocation under the Emissions Trading Scheme could put remaining greenhouse tomato, cucumber and capsicum growers out of business.
19 July 2024
By Andrew Bristol Adam Schreurs – the southern hemisphere’s largest celery grower – (pictured right, with VNZI's Daniel Sutton, left) has ‘never pushed a tree over’ on the 1000-acre farm that he…
18 July 2024
A new Royal Society of New Zealand report highlights the challenges involved in getting New Zealanders to eat more vegetables and other healthy food.
1 July 2024
By Andrew Bristol Everything is big in Australia. That was hammered home to me when I attended Hort Connections in Melbourne in early June, along with 4000 other delegates.
25 June 2024
More than 90% of fresh vegetable growers by value have voted to continue to support the work of Vegetables NZ through the fresh vegetable commodity levy.
The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) is investing in the development of an integrated pest management approach to safeguard New Zealand’s maize and sweetcorn industries against fall armyworm.
20 May 2024
Jamie Wells, a 29-year-old agronomist at Balle Brothers, has won the 2024 Pukekohe Young Grower of the Year competition.
15 May 2024
If you grow and sell fresh vegetables commercially, you should have received a voting pack either via email (from electionz. com, using this email address: iro@electionz.
13 May 2024
Vegetables. co. nz has teamed up with the Breeze and 5+ A Day to promote vegetables over the next month, as part of the Add One More Vegetable initiative.
