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Jan 21 2022

NRF Welcomes our new Chair: Mark Napper

Mark Napper is a Business Advisor with a reputation for being a business value builder. He has worked in many senior leadership roles including Managing Director for the Australian Horticulture Corporation and CEO for Windsor Farm Foods. He has also run his own fruit orchard in Bangalow.     Armed with 30+ years of experience and passionate about giving back to the business community, Mark founded his business advisory firm in 2012. He particularly enjoys helping clients in the food and beverage, horticulture, agriculture and manufacturing industries develop the necessary strategies, systems and...

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Nov 22 2021

Northern Rivers NSW Tourism & Hospitality Forum, November 2021

Jane Laverty from Business NSW recently hosted the 2021 Tourism and Hospitality Forum at the Ballina RSL 22nd November 2021.  The following are notes taken from the day by NRF who attended the forum.   Setting the Scene - The Migration of Skills – current status: We are all aware of the issues impacting Australia for tourism and hospitality including: COVID has effectively halted Australia’s migration Labour and skills are continuing to be felt across the board The challenges will now be exacerbated as we emerge from lockdown, with pent up demand Labour...

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Oct 27 2021

NRF Seeking a Researcher / Coordinator for Industry Podcast & Webinar Series

Northern Rivers Food (NRF) and Southern Cross University (SCU) are currently planning a collaborative project which will be rolled out in 2022.  We will be developing a series of educational business resources (podcasts, webinars and workshops) as part of an industry resilience project for the local food & beverage industry in the Northern Rivers region of NSW.   These resources will cover topics that help food and beverage businesses in the region address and overcome some of the hurdles they have been experiencing and aim to help improve their business acumen over...

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Oct 26 2021

NRF Harvest Food Trail 2022: Seeking Expressions of Interest

We are pleased to announce that the NRF Harvest Food Trail will run in 2022. We invite our NRF producers, farmers, distillers, brewers and food service members to participate in our special Harvest Food Trail over the weekend of May 7-8 2022. About the Trail The trail provides visitors and locals with an opportunity to jump in their car and visit some of our region’s best farms, distilleries, breweries and food outlets across the region in our beautiful autumn harvest season, on the first weekend in May.  People on the trail can plan...

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