February 21, 2025
Growers benefit from ALT-VICE collaboration
Growers are the winners from having both A Lighter Touch and VICE research happening side by side at Pukekohe demonstration…
January 31, 2025
Integrated crop protection way of future
The increasing importance of an integrated approach to crop protection was a message coming through clearly at the Foundation for…
December 18, 2024
The year in review
This short video highlights examples of A Lighter Touch programme activity in 2024 and celebrates some of the programme's achievements…
November 29, 2024
Regional learning growing biodiversity project knowledge
Annual flower strip mixes and native plants being demonstrated in Hawkes Bay are helping to extend knowledge from the A…
September 30, 2024
Where ALT fits in the Aotearoa Horticulture Action Plan
The Aotearoa Horticulture Action Plan (AHAP) wants to see farmgate value of horticultural production double by 2035 in a way…
September 30, 2024
Resistance management priorities in focus
The need for ongoing resistance management strategy updates and reducing reliance on agrichemicals were priorities for the future discussed at…
September 30, 2024
Dr Stuart Davis awarded Bledisloe Cup
Stuart Davis has a phrase he uses to illustrate the complexity and challenges facing today’s growers – “… being a…
August 30, 2024
Crop protection not about one silver bullet
From biologicals to tech, there’s a vast range of new crop protection tools coming down the pipeline, but the key…
August 30, 2024
ALT provides faster route to solutions
Sharing results and research through A Lighter Touch has the potential to provide programme partners and their growers with a…
July 31, 2024
Demonstration aspect of ALT drives interest
The A Lighter Touch programme itself, and its biodiversity projects, attracted significant interest from international attendees at the Biologicals Summit…
