New Primary ITO | Te Pūkenga training programmes for Indoor Crop Production provide essential knowledge on water conservation, weather prediction, and environmental risk management, as climate change becomes an incre­asing focus for all.

Most fruits will respond to protected cultivation cropping and hydroponics - by Dr Mike Nichols.

Plant fungal diseases can be devastating for horticulture and agriculture – in the worst cases, wiping out entire crops.

Recently Emiliano Veronesi and a team working with Lincoln University, published a review-article to summarize the state of the art of the biological control of TPP, worldwide and in NZ.

The founding and technical details of the bumblebee pollination industry. Bumblebees have become a standard part of greenhouse tomato production in NZ since the 1990s, but the general public knows little of the industry, and few realise its role in providing flavoursome juicy tomatoes year-round. The newer greenhouse growers may not know how the industry began and how the demand for bumblebees for tomato pollination exploded in every market to which they were introduced. A new book by Nelson Pomeroy, the founder of Zonda Bees, describes the origins of the bumblebee industry and gives an inside look at the production processes.

Mount Albert Grammar (MAGS) invited growers, farmers, and industry partners to talk about employment pathways and opportunities for secondary school students.