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Fruit Growers Tasmania | Tuesday, 11 September 2018, 10.00am
Queensland Fruit Fly grower/industry forum, Friday 14 September. Download flyer or RSVP now
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Welcome to new Relationship Manager Sam Turner
Apple and Pear Australia Limited | Friday, 7 September 2018, 1.00pm
Apple and pears have a new point of contact with industry R&D with the appointment of Sam Turner as the new Hort Innovation Relationship Manager for Apples and Pears. Sam takes over from Mark Spees – who moves to citrus, tablegrapes, cherries and summerfruit – as the key industry contact with Hort Innovation, which oversees […]
FGT membership open for 2018/19
Fruit Growers Tasmania | Thursday, 6 September 2018, 1.35pm
2018/19 Memberships are now open. Fruit Growers Tasmania is Tasmania’s peak industry body for the orchard and berry sectors. 2018/19 grower membership forms can be accessed online.
Pear sampling aims to boost sales
Hort Innovation | Tuesday, 4 September 2018, 3.50pm
The start of a new season has called for a fresh round of pear sampling to help boost consumer awareness about different varieties and increase sales. Funded by Hort Innovation using the Apple and Pear Marketing Levy, the sampling sessions are now underway at Coles and Woolworths stores nationwide and will continue throughout the month…
Pear sampling aims to boost sales
Apple and Pear Australia Limited | Tuesday, 4 September 2018, 10.00am
A fresh round of 200 pear sampling sessions are underway at Coles and Woolworths stores nationally aimed at further boosting consumer awareness of and purchase of pears, following the success of earlier sampling sessions over summer. A key focus of the sampling program, which is funded by the marketing levy, is educating consumers on pear […]
It’s time to book your space in the 2018/2019 Tasmanian Seasonal Produce Guide
Fruit Growers Tasmania | Monday, 3 September 2018, 10.45am
Connect with thousands of visitors and locals by promoting your business. 20,000 copies printed and distributed across Tasmania and available online.
When you peel good you feel good
Hort Innovation | Monday, 3 September 2018, 10.00am
Bananas! They are nature’s palm sized gift that just keeps on giving. Now, a new Hort Innovation marketing campaign is showing consumers just how bananas are helping Australians to live their best life. Due to launch nationally across all major media platforms this weekend, the new Australian Bananas campaign focuses on healthy living, and the…
Speed marketing update: 2017 through 2018
Apple and Pear Australia Limited | Monday, 3 September 2018, 8.00am
Hort Innovation’s Apple and Pear Marketing Manager Olivia Grey presented a marketing levy update for apples and pears at Hort Connections 2018 as part of APAL’s Speed Updating sessions in Brisbane in June. As part of the presentation she recapped the 2017 activity for apples and pears, shared the results of each of the campaigns […]
Taste Australia yields big results in foreign trade
Hort Innovation | Thursday, 30 August 2018, 11.00am
In the 12 months since Hort Innovation launched its boldest foreign trade initiative to date, the industry has reported record export sales and greater demand for Australian grown produce. Underpinned by more than $40 million in research and development projects, and backed by world-class science and technology, the Taste Australia initiative was developed in response…
Pink Lady and Bravo apples among the healthiest
Apple and Pear Australia Limited | Wednesday, 29 August 2018, 12.00pm
Eating apples is good for you, ongoing research carried out by The University of Western Australia (UWA) and Edith Cowan University (ECU) has reaffirmed. The science behind how apples assist human health by improving cardiovascular health was presented at today’s Western Australian Horticulture Update by UWA senior research fellow Michael Considine and adjunct research fellow […]