20 March 2013
The objective of the tour was to assess existing, new and emerging technologies that could improve the efficiency and effectiveness and how they could be integrated […]
20 July 2012
This tour was undertaken to establish contact with leading vegetable seed researchers and producers through the 28th International Carrot Conference and a subsequent tour of carrot […]
20 July 2012
The tour to the Produce Marketing Association’s Fresh Summit, allowed Australian delegates to observe and discuss industry issues with local farmers and researchers.The tour also visited […]
20 July 2012
This study aimed to review and analyse the current situation in the Australian Asian vegetable industry and assess the sustainability of the industry and future priorities. […]
20 July 2012
This study collates and analyses information that would allow for the development of a strategic technology transfer plan for the Australia carrot industry. Related ProjectsTechnology Transfer […]
20 July 2012
Australian farms have become increasingly reliant on technology and innovation to remain competitive. Subsequently, the need for highly trained and skilled personnel has become more critical […]
20 July 2012
This study tour was undertaken to gain insight and increase knowledge in tropical vegetable (horticultural) production in the areas of pest and disease management, biosecurity, natural […]
12 February 2014
The 2013 USA Carrot Grower Study Tour provided 10 vegetable levy payers with the opportunity to visit leading and innovative carrot operations in the United States, […]
23 February 2014
The VegBiz project developed and delivered a financial decision support tool to the Australian vegetable industry. VegTool is a grower friendly cost of production calculator that […]
20 July 2012
The Australian Vegetable Industry Strategic Development Plan aims to make the industry “cohesive, profitable and environmentally responsible” by 2010. For Western Australia, the distance between vegetable […]
20 July 2012
VEGEnotes was developed so that it would go a long way in communicating usable outcomes of research projects to growers. They are not to be stand […]
20 July 2012
This project established a framework to ensure the communication function and the delivery of research and development outcomes were converyed to a somewhat fragmented Australian vegetable […]
5 June 2013
The objective of the Bridging Project was to investigate the most effective future structure and model of delivery for industry development activities within the vegetable industry. […]
20 March 2013
The purpose of the Knowledge Management (KM) sub program was to enhance the provision of knowledge to growers and other industry participants engaged in the vegetable […]
20 March 2013
The Vegetable Industry Development Program was a new approach to providing industry development services to the vegetable industry. Seven subprograms focussed on providing: Retail and consumer […]
20 July 2012
This report aimed to investigate the need for people development and leadership activities for the members of the Australian Vegetable Industry and to recommend appropriate projects […]
19 January 2014
Australia’s Vegetable Industry adopted a new Strategic Investment Plan (SIP) in March 2013. The SIP noted that the Vegetable Levy has not been invested in a […]
6 March 2016
Vietnamese growers comprise approximately a quarter (225/1033)1 of the WA vegetable industry. These growers have a very low English literacy rate and approximately 30% are also […]
20 July 2012
This study tour was undertaken to study firsthand production, wholesale and retail developments in Hong Kong and mainland China and to assess product quality and distribution […]
20 July 2012
Produce Fresh Summit is one of the largest international events solely dedicated to fruit, vegetables and floral, drawing more than 17,000 attendees from 50 countries annually. […]
20 July 2012
The study tour examined the potato industry in the Netherlands and the UK. During the tour, a range of companies involved in all sectors of the […]
18 November 2015
Weeds are a persistent problem for many vegetable producers in Australia. The common features of vegetable cropping systems, including frequent cultivation that results in highly disturbed […]
23 February 2014
The 2013 Women’s Grower Study Tour provided nine Australian female vegetable growers with the opportunity to learn from the production practices and large scale operations found […]
28 March 2016
The 2015 Women in Horticulture Industry Leadership and Development Mission provided an opportunity for eight leading female vegetable levy payers to visit innovative vegetable growing operations, […]
10 May 2016
The key objective of the mission was to provide an opportunity for leading women in the Australian vegetable industry to gain a unique insight into new […]
11 July 2016
The 2015 Women in Horticulture Industry Leadership and Development Mission provided an opportunity for eight leading female vegetable levy payers to visit innovative vegetable growing operations, […]
20 July 2012
The mechanisation seminar was held on Wednesday 13 April 2011 in Brisbane. The seminar saw 25 growers brought together to discuss their opinions on where the […]
20 July 2012
The 2011 Young Growers’ Tour to New Zealand saw nine Australian participants visit vegetable growing regions in the North Island of New Zealand. They visited vegetable […]
20 July 2012
This educational tour of vegetable growing facilities and farms in NZ to learn and expand their knowledge of horticulture, demonstrating the need to develop more activities […]
20 July 2012
Tour was undertaken incorporating 12 growers to the north island of New Zealand, exploring the challenges and opportunities facing both field grown and protected cropping enterprises […]
20 July 2012
The young vegetable grower study tour to NZ was organised by AUSVEG and different state organisations with the assistance of Vegfed. The main purpose of the […]
20 July 2012
In the mid 1997, a group of young vegetable growers in Tasmania began to meet as a loose association of colleagues within the vegetable industry. In […]
12 June 2017
This project comprised a systematic review of worldwide initiatives on increasing vegetable consumption with a view to identifying initiatives that have been shown to be effective […]
25 June 2017
Through a range of activities, including market and desktop research and industry engagement, this project analysed the distribution channels that have potential to deliver vegetable snacks to […]
25 June 2017
Project Harvest aimed to identify opportunities for Australia’s vegetable industry through identifying trends in purchase and consumption, in perceptions of value, retail channel preferences, triggers and […]
26 June 2017
This project was an extension of project VG12078. Project Harvest aimed to identify opportunities for Australia’s vegetable industry through identifying trends in purchase and consumption, in […]
27 June 2017
This project provides insight on the topics of trends; future forecasting, both in general and within the food space; and how consumer trends are created using […]
27 June 2017
Growers within Australia, and around the world, are beginning to either directly experience or witness the benefit of building individual brands and harnessing the power of […]
17 July 2017
This project created eight short video clips for use on YouTube, other social media applications or web sites. The video clips provide practical examples and training […]
16 April 2018
This project was undertaken to help Hort Innovation and the Australian vegetable industry to understand the market opportunity for vegetable juices. Very little was known about […]
5 June 2018
Research from Hort Innovation and Deloitte Access Economics has identified that more than 90% of Australians fail to eat their recommended five or more serves of […]
13 August 2018
This project manifested as VegEze: an iOS mobile app that challenges Australians to eat 3 types of vegetables at dinner or their main meal for 21 […]
11 February 2019
The 2018 U.S.A. Industry Leadership and Development Mission provided an opportunity for a group of nine vegetable industry members to visit innovative growing operations, research facilities, […]
11 February 2019
These two industry leadership and development missions provided opportunities for women working in the Australian vegetable industry and emerging leaders in the same industry to visit […]
25 February 2019
The research program VG15071 – Understanding consumer triggers & barriers to consumption of Australian Indigenous vegetables & Asian vegetables was designed to identify commercially viable Australian […]
4 March 2019
This project was commissioned to better understand the opportunities to improve attitudes to vegetables amongst children aged 8-12 and to develop digital classroom resources that support […]
18 March 2019
An Australian contingent attended the 2018 International Spinach Conference (ISC) in Murcia, Spain, with the aim of increasing the capacity of Australian spinach producers to improve […]
9 May 2019
Growing Leaders 2015 – National Vegetable Industry Leadership Program successfully completed its 10th year of delivery. The current project has now concluded. Growing Leaders 2015 Project […]
30 August 2020
The Vegetable Industry Leadership and Development Missions – 2019 project provided an opportunity for a group of emerging leaders in the Australian vegetable industry to visit […]
30 August 2020
The Annual Vegetable Industry Seminar 2019 (AVIS) provided funding for 250 vegetable growers from horticultural regions across Australia to attend the seminar. A contingent of eight […]
25 August 2021
Hort Innovation exists to drive a prosperous and healthy Australia by providing the best knowledge and solutions to create a world class horticulture sector To serve […]
1 October 2021
The Naturally Nutritious project, which ran from 2016 until 2021, investigated the health benefits of a range of fruit, vegetables, and nuts to inform the development […]
13 May 2022
28 September 2023
A focus on people, planet and production, West Pine Ag is primarily an agribusiness focused on high-efficiency, low-impact food and energy production and is led by […]
28 September 2023
The inexperience advantage They started green behind the ears, but that’s now turned to gold as North Queensland growers Pirrone Brothers rack up the awards. In […]
2 September 2023
1 August 2024
Vegalogue is a podcast from Australian vegetable peak industry body AUSVEG. Each episode we take a look at issues affecting the Australian vegetable, potato and onion […]
21 December 2023
This month, we discuss: The big developments on the horizon for the horticulture sector as we move into 2024 Research presented at the levy-funded South Australian […]
29 November 2023
This month, we discuss: Opportunities and lessons for Australian vegetable exports in the UK and Europe The levy-funded project bolstering Australian vegetable, onion and melon export […]
30 October 2023
This month, we discuss: European certification schemes for horticulture and what they could mean for Australian vegetable growers A levy-funded project investigating the causes and treatment […]
19 September 2023
This month, we discuss: Retail is under the spotlight with the Government’s Competition Policy Review and the Independent Reviewer’s Food and Grocery Code survey A new […]
17 August 2023
This month, we discuss: Workforce availability challenges arising from changes in Federal Government policy with AUSVEG’s Lucy Gregg Identifying and managing microbial contamination in leafy vegetables […]
11 December 2024
14 July 2025
6 February 2026
Yumeng Chen is one of the 2026 Nuffield Scholars who has been sponsored by Hort Innovation. Her project will explore how virtual modelling can optimise production […]
12 February 2026
Yumeng Chen is one of the 2026 Nuffield Scholars who has been sponsored by Hort Innovation. Her project will explore how virtual modelling can optimise production […]
24 May 2024
For more than 100 years, the Kadwell family has been growing potatoes in the Crookwell region. Farm revegetation has been integral to the success of the […]
24 May 2024
Seed potato grower Peter Scott describes himself as a simple man, but he is undoubtedly one who has a vision for the perfect red, purple or […]
23 August 2022
Related ProjectsNational vegetable industry communications programThis project has been funded by Hort Innovation, using the research and development levies listed below and contributions from the Australian […]
2 August 2022
Each year, Hort Innovation levy-paying members have the opportunity to secure voting rights to have a say on the leadership of the company, and the rules […]
22 May 2022
Following on from the success of AUSVEG’s Grow Your Career in Horticulture video series, AUSVEG is investing in a new video campaign aimed at highlighting the […]
29 March 2022
Last year, Soil Wealth ICP team members Doris Blaesing and Donna Lucas shared their expertise with a group of students from the Tasmanian Institute of Agriculture, […]
1 March 2022
Professor Salah Sukkarieh New South Wales 2014 Salah Sukkarieh is a Professor of Robotics and Intelligent Systems at the University of Sydney. In 2014, Salah was […]
1 March 2022
Dr Len Tesoriero New South Wales 2010 Len Tesoriero’s career as a researcher identifying and managing vegetable crop diseases spans over four decades. Len retired from […]
1 March 2022
Denis Persley Queensland 2011 Denis Persley is a plant pathologist with the Department of Agriculture and Fisheries in Queensland (DAF). Based at the Ecosciences Precinct at […]
22 February 2022
The 2022 National Awards for Excellence provides the opportunity for the entire industry to gather and celebrate the outstanding achievements of the horticulture sector. The 10 […]
1 February 2022
Nine-year-old Oliver Stephan has been riding high in tractors on vegetables farms since he was a baby. His dad Brett Stephan, Kalfresh’s Harvest Manager, says Oliver […]
24 November 2021
Each year, the National Landcare Awards acknowledge and celebrate local Landcare achievements at state and territory level as well as nationally. In 2021, Tasmanian farmer Michael […]
5 July 2021
Victorian potato grower Xavier Toohey has been presented with the Corteva Agriscience Young Grower of the Year award at the Hort Connections 2021 National Awards for […]
24 May 2021
South Australia’s leading growers, researchers and industry members were recognised at the 2021 AUSVEG SA and William Buck Vegetable Industry Awards for Excellence dinner, showcasing the […]
20 April 2021
Do you know which Hort Innovation Regional Extension Manager is working to enhance the coordination, communication and application of R&D outcomes in your region? To support […]
14 April 2021
Do you know which Hort Innovation Regional Extension Manager is working to enhance the coordination, communication and application of R&D outcomes in your region? To support […]
2 March 2021
Nominations are flowing in for Hort Connection 2021’s annual National Awards for Excellence, which will be presented during the prestigious Gala Dinner on Wednesday 9 June. The awards recognise outstanding […]
1 December 2020
Young Tasmanian vegetable producer and TasTAFE student Caitlin Radford was recognised as being among the best in the nation, during the 2020 Australian Training Awards ceremony. Caitlin, […]
28 September 2020
Since 2006, AUSVEG has recognised fresh produce growers and future leaders in horticulture with the Young Grower of the Year award. Winners of this award have […]
28 September 2020
Since 2006, AUSVEG has recognised fresh produce growers and future leaders in horticulture with the Young Grower of the Year award. Winners of this award have […]
28 September 2020
Since 2006, AUSVEG has recognised fresh produce growers and future leaders in horticulture with the Young Grower of the Year award. Winners of this award have […]
28 September 2020
Since 2006, AUSVEG has recognised fresh produce growers and future leaders in horticulture with the Young Grower of the Year award. Winners of this award have […]
28 September 2020
Since 2006, AUSVEG has recognised fresh produce growers and future leaders in horticulture with the Young Grower of the Year award. Winners of this award have […]
28 September 2020
Since 2006, AUSVEG has recognised fresh produce growers and future leaders in horticulture with the Young Grower of the Year award. Winners of this award have […]