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2022 Olive Oil Processing Workshop goes physical again!
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...
New Hort Innovation CEO appointed
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...
Webinar – Food and Mood: How the Mediterranean Diet and EVOO can impact mental health
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...
Informing irrigation decisions with remote weather stations
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...
Australian Horticulture Statistics Handbook 2020/21
The 2020/21 Australian Horticulture Statistics Handbook has just been released, providing data on more than 75 horticultural products including fruit, nuts, vegetables, nursery, turf and cut flowers. Published annually in February, the Handbook captures the previous...
