Summer Wynard is a 3rd year student at Massey University studying Horticulture Science. She has a passion for the sciences and utilising technology to solve industry-related problems affecting her land and her people. What is horticulture? Horticulture is the art and science of growing crops for the purpose of food consumption….
Read MoreMa’ara Ave is a 3rd year Biology and Chemical Process Engineering student at Massey University as well as a wicket keeper-batsman for the Central Districts Stags. He is passionate about problem solving and creating viable solutions in the Primary Industries.
Read MoreAlex Tomkins is a 2nd year Agri-Commerce student at Massey University majoring in International Agribusiness and Trade with a minor in Horticulture. She is also the Vice President of the Massey Horticulture Society.
Read MoreFoodHQ was proud to be a sponsor of the inaugural International Horticulture Immersion Program (IHIP) that ran over 3 weeks in July 2019. IHIP is a unique, experiential professional development program…
Read MoreFoodHQ and the Food Innovation Network were pleased to partner with AgriFood Week in Manawatu to facilitate a Masterclass in Food Business Innovation lead by Prof. of Agribusiness at Massey University, Hamish Gow.
Read MoreASB Perspective 2025 was held as part of New Zealand AgriFood Week, and featured some of New Zealand’s leading agrifood women discussing the challenges and opportunities facing agrifood sector in NZ as we look towards 2025.
Read MoreFood Experience and Sensory Testing (FEAST) offering hands on courses in XLSTAT run by Qi Statistics and hosted by FoodHQ partner Massey University. FEAST is coordinating the delivery of the courses by Anne Hasted of Qi Statistics who began her career as an academic statistician at Reading University….
Read MoreA Brief History of Modern Food Purchasing
The 1950s saw a disruptive change in the way we purchase our food: until then, we relied on small local grocery stores, butchers and greengrocers, where the grocer or butcher fetched food items on request…
Read MoreIt is a tribute to the collaborative work by all partners that Food HQ has benefited from a $100,000 grant from the Provincial Growth Fund to investigate developments that could provide exciting prospects for the region.
Read MoreThe Apple Press® from Hawke’s Bay, New Zealand is on a mission to make the world’s best apple juice, from what are quite possibly the world’s best apples – this is apple juice like you’ve never tasted before.
Read MoreMassey University’s Manawatu campus will soon have a state-of-the-art consumer and sensory science facility, to help determine what drives people in their food choice behaviour. The $2.2 million facility for the Food Experience and Sensory Testing Laboratory, funded by Massey, will sit on the site of the old Ecology Building, alongside the Food Pilot and upcoming Food Science Facility.
Read MoreThe Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) predicts that nearly 10 billion people will live on this planet by 2050, and recent studies are showing that we will need to produce 70 percent more food to keep up with the population growth.
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