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We are delighted to tell you that Pyramid Farm are featuring on Rural Delivery, TVNZ1, at 7 am on Saturday 20 June 2020.
Pyramid Farm is the winner of the 2019 Cawthron Marlborough Environment Supreme Award, sponsored by the Marlborough Research Centre.
We think it is terrific to see the Awards and the Dawkins family being recognised in this way.
The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) has awarded funding to Bragato Research Institute (BRI) for a pilot study that explores transforming grape marc – the skins and seeds remaining after pressing – into hand sanitiser. The hand sanitiser from the study will be donated to Marlborough health workers and first responders.
Recently we welcomed new staff member Susan Foster, who joined MRC as Office and Account Manager during Level 2 Lockdown.
Susan joins us from the aquaculture industry. What attracted her to the role at MRC are all the different facets of the job, the various organisations that are part of the campus, and the interesting projects.
The New Zealand Dry Forrest Initiative (NZDFI) is making exciting progress. Its commercially oriented research and development project focuses on plant improvement through tree breeding, with the evaluation of clonal trials being a “most significant step” and a first for New Zealand, says Paul Millen, Project Manager, NZDFI.
The breeding programme is complemented by research on site and species matching, and the
We would like to welcome Carole Crawford, Director of Marlborough for the Nelson Marlborough Institute of Technology. In previous positions, as Executive Director – Learning Innovation & Delivery and Director - Learning, Teaching and Quality, Carole was based in Nelson. She is excited about her new role with responsibility now totally focussed on NMIT’s Marlborough campuses at Budge Street and at Woodbourne.
She says it is exciting being able to focus on what’s good for Marlborough.
Construction of the Bragato Research Institute winery on campus is taking shape.
The floors have been poured and the framing is up. The winery will be a sustainably built 5-star rated building – a first for Marlborough to be built to this standard.
