Speakers and Field Trips

The speakers and field trips for our conference have been selected to deliver on our theme Celebrating Diverse People, Crops and Food.

Click on a speaker’s photo to learn more about their subject and see their bio.

Speakers

Asha Chhagan

Biosecurity and Guava Moth

Daniel Shurman

Fungi

Derek Craig

Forest Gardening

Ben Cheah

Chinese Tree Crops

Damien Fleetwood

Fungal Control of Insects

Graeme Atkins

Maori medicinal plants

Finn Mackesey

Forest Gardening

Bill Sinclair

Fertilise with Trace Elements

Sheryl Clothier

Creating a Permaculture Business

Stephen Ford

Biological control of insects

John Prince

Nestlebrae Exotics

Ngaire Hart

Native Bees & insect pollenators

Mark Christenson

Nutrient Content

Chris Thompson

Predator Insects

Cheryl Prew

Soil Foodweb

Trish Allen

Permaculture

Steve Erickson

Chaos Springs

Trevor Mills

Banana growing

Petra Pearce

Meteorology, Climate Change, Resilience

Richard Main

Pacific Tree Crops

Ian Gordon

Bananas & Macadamias

Robert Mann

Self gene tampering