This edition we bring you a special report on pruning, a summary of recent health research and more information about cloth canopy trials.
We also launch a new column called Viewpoint, which will be printed in the interests of free and open dissemination of information. However – as with the New Zealand Kiwifruit Journal itself - the focus is not political. Rather, Viewpoint articles will focus on technical innovation and growing techniques.
"If this is about Psa, I want to be clear I don’t have any magic answer,”
David French says down the line from Auckland. The New Zealand Kiwifruit Journal has called to ask David if he would be happy to feature in the grower profile, and he is very quick to point out he doesn’t have a one-size-fits-all solution.
In 2012, Andrew Dawson represented the New Zealand kiwifruit industry in the Kellogg Rural Leadership programme.
Andrew, a grower and grower representative for Aongatete, had completed the HortNZ leadership programme in 2007 and saw the Kellogg Rural Leaders programme as an extension of that learning. He was keen for access to a wider primary industry view and the opportunity to forge cross-industry relationships with like-minded young leaders.
Peter Stewart is the new Focus Orchard Network (FON) orchardist for the Katikati region. The New Zealand Kiwifruit Journal recently caught up with Peter and Zespri FON facilitator Richard Pentreath at Peter’s Wright Road orchard.
At first glance this statement may seem extreme, so why do we say this?
Our recent research has shown that not all fruits are equal and even a diet with the ‘5+ a day’ component of fruit and vegetables may not deliver the recommended daily intake of vitamin C. In fact, in order to get enough vitamin C to ensure optimum health and disease prevention, the daily diet must contain at least one food that has high vitamin C content. Kiwifruit are one of the best sources of this.
