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Enjoying sweet, fresh summer strawberries all year round sounds like a luxury, but it’s now a reality thanks to a vertical farming operation in Foxton. 

26 Seasons released its first crop of locally grown, pesticide-free strawberries to select retailers, despite being one of the wettest winters on record.

It was a New Zealand first and one of very few companies across the world that could produce the tricky-to-grow fruit across all seasons. 

Grant Leach, 26 Seasons CEO told REX Today the berry was just as delicious as the freshest in-season strawberries too. 

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As part of Rural Exchange’s partnership with AgriTechNZ, the Rural Exchange team have been profiling some of the leading lights in the NZ Agritech sector. 

This week REX’s Hamish McKay and Laura Koot spoke to AgriTechNZ Chair, Bridgit Hawkins, about her journey in Agritech and becoming known as an expert in effluent.

Hawkins grew up on a sheep and beef farm and attended Massey University before founding farming tech company Regen in 2010. 

She's currently the Chief Sustainability Officer at CropX and the Chair of AgriTechNZ. 

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 Dairy farms around Nelson Marlborough are being forced to dump milk and find alternative ways to get their mobs milked as the region grapples with the recent flooding devastation. 

At least 70 farms in the area were inaccessible by Fonterra tankers on Wednesday, due to closed roads from slips and flooding damage, creating havoc right in the middle of the calving season. 

Fonterra's Regional Head for Canterbury, Tasman and Marlborough, Charles Fergusson said Fonterra was unable to access 40 farms in the Collingwood area alone with, the main road out of the Takaka factory closed to heavy vehicles. 

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