Daltons Pinegro Engineered Wood Fibre Substrate
in the Press
Pinegro Engineered Wood Fibre Substrate - Press
In July 2022, Dr Brian Jackson visited New Zealand to share his knowledge and passion for sustainability with others in our industry.
Daltons General Manager, Colin Parker said of Dr Jackson’s visit; “We identified Dr Jackson as being the leading global expert in wood fibre processing and connected with him about three years ago. His knowledge, experience and guidance have been invaluable to us over the last few years as we researched numerous options before purchasing the industry’s first wood fibre processing machine. We are thrilled that the machine has finally arrived here.”
Read our media release below and press coverage from his visit.
Dr Brian Jackson, One News, July 2022
Scoop.co.nz, 1 August 2022
New Wood Fibre Technology Set To Futureproof Local Hort & Agri Industries
When you purchase locally grown fruit, vegetables, or plants from your favourite retailer they will have been grown in compost or potting mix which usually contains a highly sought-after ingredient called peat which boosts production, retains nutrients, and holds water....
RNZ Radio New Zealand, 1 August 2022
Dr Brian Jackson tells Nine to Noon peat has,in a global context, been the backbone of growing media and consumer market industry for almost a century, but businesses and individuals were now looking for new alternatives. Wood Fibre was one and is an exciting prospect.
“Wood fibre is a newer technology that has been shown to provide a renewable material and that’s certainly true here in New Zealand with the forest resources that you have and there’s a lot of opportunities here to use these wood fibres to create new growing media mixes and blends, both for the consumer market and for the professional grower to actually aid in their production, while also lessening the reliance on the imported peat.”
