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The Co-Hort Podcast is brought to you by Hectre, creators of the world's simplest orchard technologies. The Co-Hort Podcast features stories, insights and agritech innovation from the orchard, fruit growing, and horticulture industries. Hear from the growers, entrepreneurs, leaders and experts who are overcoming challenges, striving for improvement, bringing sustainable business ideas to fruition, and feeding the world!
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What does it take to secure an internship opportunity at Hectre? What are internships all about? How do you get one? And once you've got one, what do you actually do? In this episode of The Co-Hort Podcast, we speak with interns Neville and Thomas about their recent internships at Hectre. We step through their pathway into Hectre via the Summer of …
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In an industry where big is better and small is a joke, how does a mini apple become a global success story? In this episode of the Co-Hort Podcast, we speak with Chad Harris, Orchard Manager at the largest single Rockit apple block... on the planet! In just a few years, this block will be producing more than 60 million deliciously crunchy nutritio…
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Did you realize that the luscious shiny piece of fruit you see on the supermarket shelf, has been 20 years in the making? Their "parents" have had a party and created a bunch of promising seeds, and from those seeds, thousands of seedlings have followed. And from those thousands of seedlings, maybe, just maybe, one will make it to the big time. It'…
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Based in small town New Zealand, where everybody knows your name, Oliver Rowling grows apples and pears and raises his kids in classic “Kiwi” style, with room to roam and grandparents at the ready. During last year’s harvest, Covid came to town and brought with it buckets of fear and uncertainty. Growers get just one chance per year to gain a retur…
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Chris Murphy is a fifth generation grower and co-owner of Murphy Horticulture, an apple and grape orchard based in Blenheim, at the tip of New Zealand's South Island. While his town battles it out for the title of "Most sunshine hours in New Zealand", Chris is focused on honouring those that have gone before him and protecting and growing his legac…
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