Contact

 Name

Position

Brief Bio

• A commercial blackcurrant grower since 2001 in Brookside, Mid Canterbury.
• 34 Ha planted in blackcurrants.
• A mixed cropping/horticulture farmer since 1980.
• A BCNZ Executive Committee member since 2007, Vice Chairman in 2012 and Chairman since 2013.
• One of the three BCNZ BlackHort breeding committee representatives.

• A commercial blackcurrant grower in Winchmore, Mid Canterbury.
• James and his wife Zoe have been in partnership with his brother Mark’s family and parents John and Lynley for 12 years.
• Combined they grow 125 Ha of blackcurrants including a small area of redcurrants and organic blackcurrants as part of a 270 Ha farming operation.
• A BCNZ Executive Committee member since 2010.
• One of the three BCNZ BlackHort breeding committee representatives.

• Co-founder of the Vitality® health and wellness brand.
• Horticulture Crop Agronomist and Marketing Advisor for 35 years.
• Inaugural President of the International Blackcurrant Association 2008-12.
• A BCNZ Executive Committee member since 2017.

• A second generation commercial grower in Temuka, South Canterbury.
• A family history of growing blackcurrants since 1980.
• 110 Ha planted in blackcurrants, as part of a wider mixed cropping/horticulture farming operation.
• A BCNZ Executive Committee member since 2015.

• A manager at the NZ Blackcurrant Co-operative, with more than 16 years history in the blackcurrant industry.
• A BCNZ Executive Committee member since 2008 and a Member of the Institute of Directors.

• A second generation commercial grower in Leeston, Mid Canterbury with 16 years farming experience.
• 84 Ha planted in blackcurrants.
• Oversees the BlackHort breeding plots in Canterbury, which are located at Waipuna farm.
• One of the three BCNZ BlackHort breeding committee representatives, and Chair of the BlackHort committee.
• A BCNZ Executive Committee member since 2012.

• Manager of BCNZ Inc. since October 2011.
• Formerly with the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry for 11 years, of which 9 years were as an Information Management Team Manager.