Venture Taranaki's Branching Out initiative explores avocado 26 Feb, 2021 09:28 PM 3 minutes to read Stratford Press The Venture Taranaki initiative Branching Out is a collaborative exercise to investigate, explore, package, and potentially pilot new commercial opportunities that could add sustainable value to Taranaki's economy and help the region's food and fibre sector become more diverse, resilient, innovative and in-demand. Through the initiative 10 to 12 high potential ventures will be identified and analysed for their feasibility. "In October 2020, we hosted the project's first in-person event exploring kiwifruit as a high-potential venture. Now we will look at avocado's potential. Avocados are a proven success story in other parts of the country, so it is worth consideration and further investigation in Taranaki," says Venture Taranaki chief executive Justine Gilliland.