Due to a number of factors, including consistency of supply and increasing consumer awareness, greenhouse vegetables have enjoyed a steady gain in popularity. Going into the first half of 2012, FreshPlaza marketplace news reports greenhouse vegetable growers are optimistic about the new year. Doug Kling, Senior VP and Chief Marketing Officer for Village Farms, notes that they forecast good demand for greenhouse vegetables in 2012. Read More »

The Peak Industry Body representing Australia’s vegetable growers is reminding Australians not to give veggies the chop on Australia Day, with the community being urged to throw some locally grown vegetables onto their barbeques this Thursday. Read More »

This week is Australia’s Healthy Weight Week and AUSVEG is getting behind the initiative which aims to raise awareness about the importance of achieving and maintaining a healthy weight and lifestyle. Read More »

An Australian-designed hydroponic fodder production system, first-innovated by Victorian Peter Doyle, recently featured on UK television to a viewing audience of 9 million people. Adam Henson and the Countryfile team visited Howard Campion at H2O Farm. The system has an intensive 7-day cycle using the combination of a highly controlled environment with a specific nutrient formula to maximise fodder growth. See more at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ZTikdxj8AI&feature=youtu.be

GOTAFE will present another short course to assist greenhouse growers in getting the best production out of their system and planning for the future. Presenters will be Graeme Smith (Graeme Smith Consulting) and Rick Donnan (Growool Horticultural Systems and regular contributor to Practical Hydroponics and Greenhouses) Read More »

In September 2011 we made the long haul across the pond to England to attend an International Organisation for Biological Control (IOBC) workshop, specifically, a meeting of the Western Palaearctic Regional Section, Temperate Climate Working Group for Integrated Control in Protected Crops. This is a bit of a mouthful but distinguishes it from several other regional and crop- or pest-specific working groups under the auspices of the IOBC. Read More »