Villarica's owner and manager Jack Milbank, has been awarded the prestigious Nuffield Scholarship for 2006/7 kindly supported by the Sylvia and Charles Viertel Charitable Foundation, which involves 4 months of study around the world. Jack's study topic will be :
Globally competitive horticultural production and processing with a net benefit on farm ecology and regional environment through recycled power generation.
During the study period links to reports and pictures will appear below
Study Itinerary:
February 07: 1 week Global Nuffield Scholars ConferenceCalgary, Canada
June/July 07: 5 week Global Focus Program
Philippines,
China,
US
, Europe.
November 07: 4 weeks personal study topic - India
February 08: 4 weeks personal study topic - Dubai, Taiwan
March 08: 1 week Nuffield Australia Conference - Australia