T&G Global Celebrates 125th Anniversary With New $10,000 Student Grant; Gareth Edgecombe and Benedikt Mangold Discuss
NEW ZEALAND - Over at T&G Global, celebrations are underway as the supplier rings in its 125th anniversary. In honor of the major milestone, the company has announced the launch of a new $10,000 post-graduate tertiary student grant named after Founder Edward Turner.
“The Edward Turner Horticulture Futures Grant has been designed to support and celebrate the next generation of New Zealand’s bright thinkers who will take our industry forward. In looking to the future, we also wanted to acknowledge our past, particularly the vision of Edward Turner and the efforts of generations of growers and employees who’ve made T&G what it is today. We’re delighted to honor that through the naming of the grant after our founder,” said Gareth Edgecombe, Chief Executive Officer.
The Edward Turner Horticulture Futures Grant will give post-graduate students with a passion for horticulture the resources to take the next steps in their education, a release explained.
Applications for the $10,000 cash grant open in February 2023. T&G Global encourages all post-graduate students pursuing a career in horticulture from a range of disciplines, including applied science, technology, business, and more to apply.
“The horticulture sector in Aotearoa New Zealand is dynamic and purpose-led. It combines strong natural advantages with home-grown intellectual property to create premium fruit for global markets,” commented Benedikt Mangold, Chair of T&G Global. “We are proud to be launching the Edward Turner Horticulture Futures Grant and, through it, further supporting Aotearoa to create increased value from producing sustainable and nutritious food.”
Over the last 125 years, T&G Global has helped launch major innovations for the fruit and vegetable sector in Aotearoa, New Zealand, including:
- Pioneering pallets to speed up the handling of fruit
- Leading the export of New Zealand strawberries to the United Kingdom, with one of the first long-distance deliveries of the fruit anywhere in the world
- Pioneering the export of “kiwifruit,” with Jack Turner giving it that name in 1959
- Being one of the the first New Zealand companies to import Californian grapes and stonefruit
- Launching VentureFruit™, a plant variety and IP business that breeds, grows, and commercializes new and superior fruit varieties, benefiting consumers and growers globally
To learn more about the Edward Turner Horticulture Futures Grant and T&G’s history, click here.
Cheers to T&G Global and 125 years to come!
