Leander Archer

Horticulture graduate now AgFirst Junior Consultant, with a passion for sustainable food and environment! Holisitc #reducetarian from plastic to meat.

[Huub Kerckhoffs @HKerckhoffs]

Summer Wynyard studies horticulture here @MasseyUni. If you have a passion for science, or the land, food, international food marketing, meeting great people, or just being a part of an industry that does meaningful work for people, then this is for you.
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[Leander Archer @LeanderArcher]

Travelling in Europe on #ihip2019, I am questioning why fresh clean drinking water is not a basic human right out of the tap. I know there's history here (beer cheaper than water etc) but still cannot reconcile this bottled water culture.

[Leander Archer @LeanderArcher]

Within 4 years, Keygene AgBiotech company in the Netherlands has gone from sequencing DNA in years using a machine bigger than a washing machine, to sequencing the same DNA in HOURS in a device that fits in your PALM.

[Leander Archer @LeanderArcher]

Frankfurter in Frankfurt? One last leg to Amsterdam before we see some horticulture! #ihip2019 #MasseyHort #GoHorticulture

[Leander Archer @LeanderArcher]

@HKerckhoffs @nzapples @MasseyUni Thanks Huub, it's an exciting industry that I'm happy to represent! Was a tasty apple too :)

[Leander Archer @LeanderArcher]

What we call 'string disease' - yellowing above a wire cutting right through the trunk. Below, the leaves are deep green. It's very obvious once you know what to look for!

[Leander Archer @LeanderArcher]

@yvetteagfirst @MasseyUni Happy 2 years! Mine's coming up too, woah!

[Leander Archer @LeanderArcher]

@HKerckhoffs @MasseyUni This should be something that our industry does regularly - live interactive field walks from the classroom! #agchatnz @Jimmyfarmer2012

[Huub Kerckhoffs @HKerckhoffs]

New initiative at @MasseyUni: 2nd yr #MasseyHort class video-linked with @LeanderArcher and Jonathan Brookes (AgFirst) in HB apple orchard!

[Leander Archer @LeanderArcher]

@HKerckhoffs @MasseyUni What a great idea idea and a lot of fun too- wish I'd had that when I was doing this degree!

[Leander Archer @LeanderArcher]

James says over half of AgFirst Waikato revenue is environmentally based.

[Leander Archer @LeanderArcher]

An awesome couple of days at #agfirst summer conference! Many contrasting ways to excel at fruitgrowing. #younghort #masseygrads

[Leander Archer @LeanderArcher]

@HorticultureNZ @MasseyUni I have everyone asking if there's more where I came from!

[Leander Archer @LeanderArcher]

First report for #agfirst officially completed! #gettingexperience #younghort #grads

[Erica van Reenen @ericavrnz]

Great update from the youngest consultants in #AgFirst team #newkidsontheblock 'the Hort sector is going craycray!'

[Leander Archer @LeanderArcher]

Got to go to an S-map workshop yesterday! Great reminder on soils and how to use https://t.co/yww0w8c9mP #agfirst

[Leander Archer @LeanderArcher]

Beaut day @HawkesBay_NZ for a city girl to get her hands dirty. #agfirst #newgrad #soiltesting #goingrural

[Leander Archer @LeanderArcher]

What a great honest, sensible conversation between dairy farmer and environmentalist! Let there be many more. https://t.co/nHw93iUcSP

[Leander Archer @LeanderArcher]

Thanks @IainLG, it's so encouraging to see how well this resonates with people

[Leander Archer @LeanderArcher]

This is what I love to hear coming up to my talk at perspective 2025 @NZAgInvest https://t.co/x9mHeOZADB