We believe science can create a better future. With our partners, we use world-leading science to improve the way they grow, fish, harvest and share food. By finding smarter, greener options today, we can secure the world we want to live in tomorrow.
Digital orchard will bear fruit
New technologies to help produce food in the face of big issues.
Healthy land for healthy food
Key NZ research aims to provide more food, more sustainably.
Wine sector gets climate 'message'
Industry thinking about the future as big changes loom.
Insects key weapon against food wastage
Feeding waste to flies (and flies to fish) new move against waste.
How NZ tops Australia - again
Aussie wheat is the best? Think again says research group.
Tiny wasp's sci-fi star role
Horror movie parallels in the use of nature to control unwanted horticultural pests.
Where would we be without bees?
Honey bees threat overstated – but new research is protecting colonies.
Pasture crops could be new food for humans
Plant & Food Research scientists finding new ways to diversify NZ's food production.
Fishing's never been like this
Meeting the 'needs of fish' is at the heart of a revolutionary ocean aquaculture plan.
NZ hops capturing world attention
Plant & Food Research's 70 years of work with hops still paying off globally.
New apples pip the world
NZ science is protecting the world's red apples from the worst effects of climate change