January 31, 2024
Trials and research underway into soilborne diseases
The first seeds have been sown for a project seeking crop protection solutions to soilborne diseases costing New Zealand buttercup…
Programme News
January 31, 2024
A Lighter Touch approach ‘way of the future’
The move to agroecological crop protection – sustainable farming that works with nature – is the way of the future,…
December 4, 2023
Progress report July to September 2023
Quarter 2 2023 sees the midway point of the A Lighter Touch Programme (ALT). Three and a half years in,…
November 30, 2023
A Lighter Touch November 2023 newsletter
This month we’re sharing second year results from Zespri’s Passion vine hopper project, a review of workshops designed to help…
November 29, 2023
IPM workshops grow knowledge and marketable crop
A series of workshops aimed at cultivating understanding of integrated pest management (IPM) practices in vegetable crops has growers who…
October 31, 2023
A Lighter Touch October 2023 newsletter
Updates from the native planting project at the Pukekohe demonstration farm, the outcome of biological trials in boysenberries and details…
