Aspara Pacific fast facts

• Established in 1990 by Dr Peter Falloon and his wife Linda.
• Driven by Peter's 25+ years of experience in breeding vegetables.
• Experts particularly in asparagus and potato tissue culture.
• Focused on improving the quality of seed production so farmers can achieve the best possible yields.
• Now the main supplier of fresh asparagus in the South Island of New Zealand.

Aspara Pacific Resource

Aspara Pacific has a plant tissue culture laboratory and level 2 quarantine tunnelhouses at its base near Christchurch, New Zealand. New Varieties of asparagus are bred and evaluated on the same site.

Fresh asparagus is grown on a number of properties close to Aspara Pacific's packhouse at Lincoln. The strict cool chain management and emphasis on quality from "field to fork" means Aspara Pacific can reliably supply fresh asparagus to countries as far away as Europe.

Aspara Pacific is also a major supplier of fresh asparagus to the local market in the South Island of New Zealand.