In November 2017, the nation’s first state-of-the-art vegetable glasshouse-production research centre was launched. This project continues to facilitate work at the facility, with the aim of manipulating inputs to create the optimum environment to drive maximum harvest windows and overall yield for a variety of vegetables, then share this information with Australia’s growers. Through this facility, industry also aims to attract new entrants to horticulture careers by offering students access to some of the most advanced technology currently available.

This project has been funded by Hort Innovation, using the research and development levies listed below and contributions from the Australian Government. Hort Innovation is the grower-owned, not-for-profit research and development corporation for Australian horticulture.

• Vegetable Fund