All posts tagged "vegetables"

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  Agribusiness

  Tomatoes and strawberries cheaper

  Tomatoes and strawberries were 18 percent and 5 percent cheaper, respectively, in November 2018 than they were a year ago, Stats NZ...

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  Fast Facts

  Lower fruit prices bittersweet due to high vegetable prices

  Fruit prices fell 5.2 percent in July 2017, contributing to a 0.2 percent fall in food prices, Stats NZ said.

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  Must See

  Horticulture magazine wins international award

  Horticulture New Zealand’s magazine for commercial vegetable growers, NZ Grower, has won an international award for its front cover illustration. One of...

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  Agribusiness

  Vegetable prices up 31 percent in year to May 2017

  Higher lettuce prices helped push vegetable prices up a record 31 percent in the year to May 2017, Stats NZ said today....

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  News and Views

  New Zealanders get closer to being CoOL

  Horticulture New Zealand congratulates the Government on listening to the people and passing the first reading of the Consumers’ Right to Know...

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  Agribusiness

  Food price index: November 2016

  Food prices fell 0.1 percent in November 2016, Statistics New Zealand said. Seasonally lower prices for vegetables in November were mostly offset...

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  Rural

  Fruit in Schools reaches record number of kids

  Health Minister Jonathan Coleman says 2016’s expansion of the successful Fruit in Schools initiative to a record 547 schools has had a...

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  News and Views

  SA Growers Flood Appeal to support flood affected growers

  South Australian vegetable grower body Ausveg SA and the South Australian Produce Market have teamed up to establish the SA Growers Flood...

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  Fast Facts

  Fresh vegetables key to happiness

  The fastest route to happiness may be through the veggie patch, with a study indicating that consumption of fresh fruit and vegetables...

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  Fast Facts

  Shoppers stocking up on winter veggies

  While the weather outside may be frightful, inside Australian kitchens it’s quite delightful, with new consumer research showing shoppers are turning to...