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Avocado industry gets creative with ‘Smash an Avo’
Media ReleaseIN THE midst of a bumper season, strong growth in consumer demand, and following the launch of the nation’s first avocado pop up last year, growers have pushed the button on an innovative $2.4M marketing campaign. Featuring television
4 May 2018
$1 million chemical grants boost for industry
Media ReleaseTHE NATION'S horticulture Research and Development Corporation, Hort Innovation, today announced it successfully secured more than $1 million in assistance grants under the Federal Government’s Access to Industry Uses of Agricultural
1 May 2018
Internet users vote app the world’s best
Media ReleaseHORT INNOVATION announced today that the Plant Life Balance augmented reality app has been named the Best Lifestyle Mobile Site and App, and Peoples’ Voice winner, in the 22nd annual Webby Awards. Hailed as the “Internet’s highest
27 April 2018
Australia and the US unite to meet global horticulture challenges
Media ReleaseCaption: Hort Innovation General Manager for R&D David Moore and Tene Goodwin/UC Davis. THE grower-owned Research and Development Corporation, Hort Innovation, has signed a historic co-operative research deal with a leading US research
26 April 2018
$16M effort to support Aussie vegetable health
Media ReleasePLANT DISEASE specialists from around the country are combining forces to combat some of the biggest threats to Australian vegetables through a $16M initiative announced today. Being delivered by Hort Innovation, and led by the
19 April 2018
Australian horticulture receives $5M export boost
Media ReleaseTO HELP open up more market opportunities domestically and internationally, Hort Innovation has launched a $5M effort with researchers, industry and regulators to strengthen evidence of pest control measures. The four-year national
16 April 2018
Aussie table grapes prove sweetest in Korea
Media ReleaseONE OF Korea’s largest luxury retail chains, Hyundai Department Store, is now stocking only Australian table grapes following strong sales and consumer feedback off the back of a recent Taste Australia launch. Australian Grapes,
12 April 2018
Sexy sterile fruit flies enlisted in fruit fly fight
Media ReleaseMILLIONS of ‘attractive’ sterile fruit flies are being dropped from the sky over Adelaide as the $45 million fruit fly fight continues. This is the first time Queensland fruit flies (Qfly) sourced only from the new National Sterile
3 April 2018
Hailstorm Heroes rise in epic storm’s aftermath
Media ReleaseIN THE wake of a storm that is estimated to have impacted more than 80 per cent of South Australian apples and pears, Hort Innovation has launched a ‘Hailstorm Heroes’ campaign to assure consumers that fruit with a few spots and dots
3 April 2018
Scientist's say: Avocado squeezing is bad!
Media ReleaseCaption: Acoustic tools, laser technology, ultrasounds: scientists are trying it all to stop consumers from squeezing and bruising avocados when testing them for ripeness. IN A SURVEY of Australian avocado consumers, 97 per cent
21 February 2018