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Trust director Grace Le Gros hopes the project will inspire people to eat healthier.

Marae-based project teaches Kaipara residents to grow their own food

Around 85 percent of the onions grown in New Zealand are for export.

Onion export season gets off to early start

Overall sales fell 15 percent last year compared to 2019.

Tractor industry remains optimistic for year ahead after challenging 2020

A potential record harvest for Central Otago cherry growers has been halved following recent downpours.

Central Otago cherry growers face loss of half their harvest after heavy rain decimates crops

Related video: Fruit growers in Motueka face millions in losses after one of the worst hail storms they've seen ruined entire crops.

'They'll need support': Tasman growers brace for lasting impact after devastating hailstorm

New Zealand's Envy apples on track to be a billion-dollar brand

It's hoped the changes will help businesses retain migrant workforces.

Migrant worker visas extended amid ongoing labour shortage

Related video: Earlier this month the Government ruled out a special managed isolation facility for seasonal fruit pickers from the Pacific.

Calls to allow in more seasonal wine workers or 'grapes will rot on the vines'

Visitors will be able to drive through a tent filled with the berries.

Japan offers drive-thru picking experience for COVID-fearing strawberry lovers

COVID-19 has caused a significant amount of congestion for shipping around the world.

Global freight chaos costing exporters dearly

The project recently received funding from MPI.

The new bumblebee project that has growers buzzing

Related video: This year's crop is one of the best in recent memory.

Why strawberry prices have plummeted

The company was also ordered to pay wage arrears totalling more than $26,000.

Ex-kiwifruit contractor ordered to pay $276K for 'blatant' migrant worker exploitation

Luke Condon in the orchard.

'It's a good way to motivate myself': The fresh faces giving fruit picking a go

Tomatoes, potatoes and eggplants appeal to the tomato red spider mite.

Pest that targets several vegetables, roses here to stay

Related video: The Government announced the border exemptions late last month.

Horticulture industry 'very grateful' for Kiwi jobseekers, but concerns over worker shortage remain

Related video: The Government announced the border exemptions late last month.

Govt must admit it's 'not doing enough to protect' horticulture sector - ACT

John Bostock, owner of Bostock New Zealand.

Horticulture border exemptions came after ad campaign failed to attract Kiwi fruit pickers

Orchard owners have been calling for the government to allow in more seasonal workers from Pacific countries to help with the summer fruit harvest.

Fruit growers 'doing their best' to hire suitable NZ workers

Zespri expects to increase kiwifruit breeding investment by 50 percent over the next decade.

'An exciting step forward': Zespri moves to develop new kiwifruit varieties

The standards are part of the NZGAP certification.

New ethics standards give consumers 'peace of mind' agricultural workers treated fairly

Related video: Many winemakers say 2020 was the best vintage in decades.

How the wine industry went from 'preparing for the worst' to recording record-high export earnings

Tahi Spirulina is currently the only spirulina farm in the country.

Could this algae be worth $100 million a year?

Watch: 200 seasonal workers from the Pacific Islands will be allowed into New Zealand to pick fruit.

Border exemptions for migrant seasonal workers criticised as 'too little too late'

Watch: Immigration Minister Kris Faafoi spoke to The AM Show.

Kiwis offered $1000 incentive to jump into seasonal work

Watch: Immigration Minister Kris Faafoi spoke to The AM Show.

'A positive start': Relief for horticulture industry as foreign workers allowed in

John Johnston from Milford Asset Management spoke to The AM Show.

Lack of workers leads to 'widespread frustration' in horticulture industry

Related video: Earlier this year unions and fruit growers were at odds about how to harvest with the borders closed.

Without migrant workers, fruit and veggie prices will soar and farms will go bust

Horticulture lending is growing at an annual rate of 15 percent.

Banks warned of 'emerging risks' in horticulture as sector struggles with labour shortage

Related video: Earlier this year unions and fruit growers were at odds about how to harvest with the borders closed.

Horticulture sector told no foreign workers 'this side of Christmas', despite severe labour shortage

For this first time this year the award was focused on recognising excellence in horticulture.

Kiwifruit orchard wins inaugural award for excellence in Māori horticulture

The 3000 tonnes of kiwifruit is heading for Asia.

Kiwifruit from 'record-breaking harvest' shipped off

Fruit and vegetable prices might have to rise to meet the real costs of producing them.

Why the supermarket inquiry might end up costing you more

The initiative is helping people get licences to drive farm machinery and forklifts.

The 'overlooked' Kiwis who could help ease the agricultural labour shortage

Related video: Earlier this year Rural Contractors called on the Government to allow skilled workers in.

Aussies accused of 'pinching' much-needed Kiwi workers

The weather gods have smiled on growers this year.

'The best we've seen in years': Why this year's strawberries are ripe for the picking

Related video: Tomato growers in Auckland say a lack of rain is threatening the future of their business.

Courgettes, tomatoes drop in price as local season kicks off

The report is the work of CSIRO and the Australian National University.

Pacific food producers warned potential crisis on the horizon

Once completed it will have the capacity to handle 24 million trays of Class 1 kiwifruit.

'Significant investment' into Bay of Plenty kiwifruit packhouse promises hundreds of jobs

The business now grows raspberries, blueberries and blackberries.

Whangarei berry growers first business to pay back PGF loan

A record eight million punnets were sold last season.

Kiwis eating more blueberries than ever

The horticulture sector relies heavily on foreign seasonal workers.

Hit hard by lack of tourism, central Otago now faces another threat to its economy

Related video: Earlier this year unions and fruit growers were at odds about how to harvest with the borders closed.

Horticulture sector 'left out in the cold' with foreign workers unable to enter NZ

Phasing out coal boilers used for space heating of greenhouses would be "devastating" to vegetable crop production, Horticulture New Zealand says.

Farmers and growers fear coal burner ban could lead to NZ having to import more food

Zespri is taking a pragmatic approach.

'A pragmatic solution': Zespri considers working together with illegal kiwifruit growers in China

Related video: Earlier this year unions and fruit growers were at odds about how to harvest with the borders closed.

Are students the answer to the horticulture sector's labour woes?

The first of the ships arrived in the Port of Tauranga on Friday morning.

New ships will help kiwifruit exporters get product to Asian markets

Pick Tiki links young New Zealanders with fruit growers around the country.

Online service aims to help fill shortage in fruit pickers

Watch: Curious Croppers says the ongoing Auckland drought is threatening the future of their business.

'The climate's flipped': Severe water shortage threatens Auckland tomato growers

The labour shortage could mean fewer strawberries on supermarket shelves this year.

Orchards gearing up for influx of DIY pickers amid horticultural worker shortage