Apr 12, 2022 | Australia, Awards, Courses/Education, Grove Innovation News
The Farm Biosecurity Program, run by Plant Health Australia and Animal Health Australia, is once again supporting a scholarship for a primary producer to study a topic relevant to on-farm biosecurity. Nuffield Australia Farming Scholarships are a unique way for...
Apr 12, 2022 | Australia, Grove Innovation News, Olive business
A new Hort Innovation-funded pilot program is providing a tracking service to allow various horticultural categories to better understand consumer usage and attitudes and the effectiveness of marketing campaigns. The initial phase of MT21201: Consumer usage, attitude...
Mar 15, 2022 | Australia, Courses/Education, EVOO, Grove Innovation News
The highly-acclaimed and comprehensive AOA Olive Oil Processing Workshop is returning as a face-to-face event this year, following two successful (COVID-induced) online programs in 2020 and 2021. The program will once again be delivered by international master olive...
Mar 15, 2022 | Australia, Grove Innovation News, Olive business
Hort Innovation has announced the appointment of Brett Fifield as the new Chief Executive Officer, replacing Matt Brand. Brett will join Hort Innovation on April 26, moving from his current role as the Deputy Director General, Infrastructure, Investment and Business...
Mar 15, 2022 | Australia, Courses/Education, Grove Innovation News
The Olive Wellness Institute has a new webinar on its calendar of interesting and educational events, this time focusing on the Mediterranean Diet and mental health. The evidence linking mental health and diet has grown, and we now know what we eat can impact both our...
Mar 15, 2022 | Australia, Environment, Grove Innovation News, Technology/Science
The power of technology on a farm is in full force at the Soil Wealth Integrated Crop Protection (ICP) Koo Wee Rup demonstration site in Victoria. Koo Wee Rup is a family farm in Gippsland currently involved in vegetable cropping, and one of a number of Soil Wealth...