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New high-tech facility to help meet food demand
Media ReleaseTO DEVELOP the next crop of horticulture growers and meet rising food demand, Hort Innovation and Western Sydney University have combined forces to launch the nation’s first state-of-the-art vegetable glasshouse-production research
1 November 2017
$10M initiative to change the way we green public spaces
Media ReleaseA FUTURE where landscapers, local councils and developers can quickly determine the best long-term plant species to establish, in the face of climate change and other challenges, is not too far away. Today, two of the nation’s leading
11 July 2016
Metropolitan urban forestry (NY17005)
Education on the benefits of green space and investigation into metro and state urban greening policies and progress were conducted through this project.
9 January 2019
Integrating plant life into building and infrastructure rating tools (NY16007)
Evidence of the benefits of vegetation and green spaces in built environments was consolidated by this project and communicated to relevant audiences, including the developers of sustainable building rating tools.
9 January 2019
Vegenotes 48 - economic evaluation of on-farm energy audits
Vegenotes 48 - economic evaluation of on-farm energy audits In this edition of Vegenotes, read about the economic evaluation of on-farm energy audits and benchmarking of energy use on vegetable farms. It was produced as part of the Hort Innovation
1 December 2015
Energy audits point to potential savings on vegetable farms
Energy audits point to potential savings on vegetable farmsThis is a fact sheet on energy audits point to potential savings on vegetable farms. It was produced as part of the Hort Innovation Vegetable Fund project Economic evaluation of farm
30 November 2014
Case study - Ivankovich Farms
Case study - Ivankovich FarmsDiscover how one WA vegetable business made considerable energy savings in this case study. It was produced as part of the Hort Innovation Vegetable Fund project Economic evaluation of farm energy audits and
30 November 2014
An environmental assessment of the Australian turf industry
This literature review provides a comprehensive summary of all the data that is available to the turf industry about its environmental performance and best practice.
30 March 2017
202020 Vision training/capacity building program (NY16009)
An outreach program designed to ensure that key stakeholders know about the nursery industry’s 202020 Vision to increase urban green space
6 December 2018
Nitrous oxide emissions in cherry and apple crops
This fact sheet provides growers with a snap shot about the impact of nitrous oxide and what factors in apple and cherry orchards result in lower soil emissions
18 October 2016