Press Release – Ministry For Primary Industries New Zealanders could be tucking into artisan pasta, pizza and bread made from durum wheat grown in the Wairarapa if a new project indicates there’s a market for it. The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) is contributing $100,000 through its Sustainable …
New Zealanders could be tucking into artisan pasta, pizza and bread made from durum wheat grown in the Wairarapa if a new project indicates there’s a market for it.
The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) is contributing $100,000 through its Sustainable Food and Fibre Futures fund to a $151,000 project led by the Foundation of Arable Research (FAR) that will evaluate the opportunity for a grower-owned value chain to supply the growing demand for high-end durum wheat flour in New Zealand.
Project hopes to put a local twist on durum wheat
10 May, 2021 02:30 AM
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Foundation of Arable Research s general manager business operations, Ivan Lawrie. Photo / Supplied
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Kiwis could be tucking into artisan pasta, pizza and bread made from durum wheat grown in the Wairarapa if a new project indicates there s a market for it.
The project, led by the Foundation of Arable Research (FAR), will evaluate the opportunity for a grower-owned value chain to supply the demand for high-end durum wheat flour in New Zealand.
The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) was contributing $100,000 through its Sustainable Food and Fibre Futures fund to the $151,000 project.
Durum wheat project could spearhead regional specialty grains.
A project that arose from Wairarapa’s pea weevil infestation could open up for growers a new high-earning, nutritious crop.
It could also create a new commercial model for regional specialty grains that could borrow from the provenance-steeped marketing of wine and craft beer and ride the post-Covid buy-local wave.
Pea weevils were detected in the lower North Island region in 2016, triggering a ban that was only lifted last year when the pest was confirmed eradicated. The pea is one of the higher-value crops grown in Wairarapa, and the Foundation of Arable Research (FAR) spent three years looking into alternative crops.
Durum wheat project could spearhead regional specialty grains.
A project that arose from Wairarapa’s pea weevil infestation could open up for growers a new high-earning, nutritious crop.
It could also create a new commercial model for regional specialty grains
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