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Hort industry accelerates Asian trade offering
Hort Innovation has launched a multimillion dollar initiative to strengthen trade opportunities in the arc between Jordan and Japan. The new dedicated Asian Markets Fund will focus on boosting industry’s capacity to export and build stronger relationships with key countries.
14 July 2016
Hort industry congratulates Andrew Bulmer on award win
Media ReleaseCaption: Managing Director of Bulmer Farms Andrew Bulmer wins the AUSVEG VIC Grower of the Year Award. THE AUSTRALIAN horticulture industry has today welcomed the announcement of Victorian vegetable grower Andrew Bulmer as the Kondinin
17 August 2017
Banana industry weighs-in on nation’s health
Media ReleaseAUSTRALIAN BANANA growers will soon be ‘a-peeling’ to Aussie families around a sizeable issue, as the industry gears up to launch one of its boldest marketing campaigns yet. Set to kick off on Fathers’ Day this Sunday, the inaugural
30 August 2018
Aussie growers kick off six-month trade tour
Media ReleaseMORE THAN 200 Australian fruit, vegetable and nut producers and industry representatives are in Hong Kong this week to showcase their produce at Asia’s largest horticulture trade show, marking the beginning of a six-month tour across
7 September 2017
World a-buzz with Australia’s latest fruit fly findings
Media ReleaseFOR DECADES, researchers around the world have refined the development of sterile male fruit flies to control wild populations of the pest. While the development of sterile male-only Queensland Fruit Fly (Qfly) for release is new to
21 September 2017
Empowering women leaders for a stronger Aussie horticulture industry
Media ReleaseWOMEN THAT are current and emerging leaders in the horticulture industry can now apply for a leadership development scholarship opportunity valued at up to $5,470. Funded by the Hort Frontiers Leadership Fund (a strategic partnership
20 September 2017
New high folate strawberry a sweet find
Media ReleaseA NEW ‘alpha strawberry’ that is very sweet in flavour and has folate levels that may be up to three times higher than standard strawberries has been discovered by Queensland scientists. Folate is an important B-group vitamin which is
26 September 2017
Macadamia shells could save lives
Media ReleaseCaption: Head researcher, Dr Gerrard Eddy Jai Poinern from Murdoch University, said the study uncovered surprising results. MACADAMIA nut shells could be a powerful tool for Australian hospitals to use in the treatment of poisonings.
27 September 2017
Changes in nation’s greenspace revealed
Media ReleaseSCIENTISTS HAVE answered the question, ‘Where should all the trees go?’ through a study that investigated vegetation change across major Australian metropolitan areas and locations with abnormally high heat, socio-economic disadvantage
25 October 2017
One indoor plant can combat sickness, study finds
Media ReleaseREDUCED PRODUCTIVITY, bad moods and increased allergies have all been linked to chemicals that float in the air at room temperature, or volatile organic compounds (VOCs). VOCs are present in carpets, paint and furniture in Australian
31 October 2017