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Meet Our Team
A graduate of the University of California, Lauren has experience in both California and Australia with a range of horticultural crops. Her work with corporate horticultural, agribusiness and irrigation companies in Australia and California, together with the role of Research, Development and Extension Leader for the processing tomato industry in Victoria and NSW, demonstrates the broad expertise that Lauren can provide to industries, projects and growers.
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| Areas of Expertise |
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Contract research and other types of investigations on agronomic, economic and environmental issues involving horticultural industries and businesses.
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Development and delivery of science-based strategies for improving crop productivity and quality, with an emphasis on annual horticultural crops.
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Development, implementation and evaluation of extension strategies and training programs.
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| Affiliations |
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Member, Aust. Institute of Agricultural Science and Technology (AIAST).
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Member, Australian Association of Agricultural Consultants (AAAC).
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Member, Irrigation Australia Limited (IAL).
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Member, American Society of Agronomy (ASA).
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Member, Soil Science Society of America (SSSA).
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Member, Australasia-Pacific Extension Network (APEN).
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| Range of Experience |
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Preparing advice for irrigator clients and government agencies on water availability and policy.
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Provision of agronomic advice to individual farming businesses and a vertically integrated food processing business, including training of employees.
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Delivery of workshops on drip irrigation and fertigation of processing tomatoes and other horticultural crops in Brazil (for Unilever), Canada, USA and Australia.
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Conducting R&D for a rural water authority regarding feasibility of subsurface drip irrigation in their district (subcontracted to RMCG).
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Preparing export reports for legal matters and planning applications.
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Determining R&D priorities for the Northern Victorian Fresh Tomato Industry Development Committee.
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