environment
gisborne covered farming production
Our Gisborne Covered Farming Production set on 11 hectares is now fully complete and operational. The two-year build has been plagued with delays and setbacks, but the team has persevered and the state-of-the art facility is now producing salad leaf, spinach and rocket.
Our greenshouses means that crops are completely covered, which helps to mitigate bad weather, is fully self-sufficent for water and we can manage the inside environment from our laptops. This new technology allows us to grow crops in the ground, faster and more sustainably, helping to reduce fertiliser and water usage as well as protecting soil structure, making it one of our most sustainable and ambitious farming projects we’ve undertaken to date.
This innovative greenhouse technology is revolutionising the way we farm in the future, and will mean that we can now grow a more consistent supply of salad leaf to Kiwis.