Joining A Lighter Touch
The A Lighter Touch programme is an industry and government partnership supporting New Zealand growers to move to producing plant-based foods with a lighter environmental touch.
Funded by the Ministry for Primary Industries, and a partnership of 15 plant product groups and two crop protection companies, the $27 million seven-year programme started in 2020. Its goal is to help plant food producers move from agrichemical crop protection to an agroecological approach – sustainable farming that works with nature, helping New Zealand growers move away from chemically intensive crop protection, and towards an integrated approach involving a combination of on-farm practices, biological solutions and softer chemistry.
Key Industries is excited to announce our partnership with A Lighter Touch in line with our company motto 'Protecting people, crops and native species' to work towards sustainability and reducing our horticultural footprint alongside other Multinationals, such as Corteva Agriscience and Syngenta.