News

Rijk Zwaan’s social initiative Love My Salad joined forces with Nutritionist Catherine Saxelby and Dietitian Emma Stirling to support the new education campaign for truss tomatoes ‘Glasshouse Good’. Driven by leading Australian truss tomato producers: Costa, Flavorite and Perfection Fresh, ‘Glasshouse Good’ aims to engage, excite and educate consumers about truss tomatoes and answer the key question, “What makes truss tomatoes so good?”

A ‘vegout’ experience featuring Rijk Zwaan varieties and a visit to the company’s Fijnaart facilities were highlights of a European tour for 11 young Australian vegetable growers recently.

Through the social initiative, Love My Salad, Rijk Zwaan Australia will support the Greater Toronto Spring Fair by bringing the loveable character Morris the Melon to town.

It was a perfect coincidence that when brassica breeding specialist, Wahiduz Zaman moved with his family to Australia in 2006 that Rijk Zwaan was considering a subtropical breeding program.

Maarten Zwaan passed away on Monday 18 September at the age of 82. Maarten was on the Board of Directors at Rijk Zwaan from 1988 to 2000 and was co-shareholder of the company.

Key women in the Australian horticulture industry will hear about innovations in vegetable convenience and breeding for the consumer at a Rijk Zwaan hosted event during the 2017 Asia Fruit Logistica.

Rijk Zwaan has launched its first three commercial zucchini varieties. The breeding company offers a complete year round program of varieties from its program, all with outstanding fruit quality.

Rijk Zwaan chose to look at how innovation can help growers of protected crops at the 2017 Apex-Brinkman PCA Conference

Rijk Zwaan will be able to expand its research activities as one of the partners of the Crops of the Future Collaborative. This new public-private consortium is convened by the Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research (FFAR, located in the USA) and has research on leafy vegetables as one of its focuses.

Rijk Zwaan is proud to join with Australia's protected cropping industry at the Apex-Brinkman PCA Conference for 2017