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Hort Innovation is the grower-owned, not-for-profit research and development corporation for Australia's horticulture industry.
Our role is to advance Australia’s $17 billion horticulture industry by investing in research and development, marketing and trade to build a prosperous and sustainable future for growers.
Our role is to capture value from the investments we make to benefit all levy payers.
For more information, see the Hort Innovation Strategy 2024-2026.
For general enquiries and feedback, please complete the form below flagging your enquiry and one of our team members will respond to your enquiry by email or give you a call.
We are committed to open and positive relationships with all our stakeholders and team members. We understand that circumstances may arise where you may wish to raise a concern and provide feedback. We encourage you to raise your concern and provide feedback directly with the relevant Hort Innovation staff member. We also provide an independent complaints handling service. To access this service, call 1800 30 45 50 (with interpreter services) or email horticulture@stopline.com.au.
Hort Innovation is committed to ensuring our investments meet the needs and priorities of the horticulture industry and growers. To this end, Hort Innovation has undertaken a significant initiative to improve the way we consult and gain advice from industry as well as define the roles and responsibilities of Hort Innovation and commodity Peak Industry Bodies.
In 2022/23, this partnership approach involved collaboration between Hort Innovation and commodity Peak Industry Bodies on advice mechanisms and Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs).
Connect with Hort Innovation's team members to learn more about levy investments in your industry. Industry Service Managers (ISMs) are able to keep you updated with information from your industry’s levy investments and how outputs from these can help your business grow. They are listed below for each industry and are always keen for a chat. If you can't get straight through, it’s easy to book a phone call at a time that suits you by using the email links.
Information on export assistance and funding for all states and territories is available on the Austrade website. If you are considering taking your business global, there are many resources available to help or to offer funding opportunities
The Export Supply Chain Service (ESCS) is an initiative by the Australian Government. ESCS coordinates to help stakeholders navigate supply chain issues while connectivity to international markets remains volatile and capacity diminished and expensive.
ESCS coordinates insights for:
Learn more about the Export Supply Chain Service here.
Austrade are also running a number of events to foster collaboration and keep stakeholders up to date on happenings in the trade space. Some presentations from past events are detailed below:
Annual Investment Plan 2025/2026
Annual Investment Plan 2025/2026
Annual Investment Plan 2025/2026
Annual Investment Plan 2025/2026
Annual Investment Plan 2025/2026
Annual Investment Plan 2025/2026
Austrade have launched a new cross-border trade system for Australia, the Simplified Trade System (STS) – found at: www.simplifiedtrade.gov.au. Ongoing engagement is welcomed in shaping the STS reform agenda, including through Austrade's STS webpage and consultation paper.
The STS consultation paper, which seeks your views on what is working well and what improvements could be made to Australia’s cross-border trade system, is available on the
STS webpage. Written submissions to the paper are due by 14 January 2022.
To access the Town Hall session recording, click here. The recording is also available on the STS webpage
International trade and market access is critical to the Australian horticulture industry. A trade and investment page is available on the DFAT website with information on export, countries and regions, trade agreements and more.
The Export Council of Australia is the Peak Membership Body for companies involved in International Business. A range of resources including events, courses and workshops and key information on international trade news is available on their website.
Our 2024/25 Annual Report outlines how Hort Innovation invested $171.2 million across more than 400 projects during the reporting period, supported by grower levies, Australian Government contributions, grants and co-investment.
These plans are the roadmaps that help guide Hort Innovation’s investment of levies and Australian Government contributions
