Squash is a member of the pumpkin family of fruit. Our squash is grown on the highly fertile soils around Gisborne, on the East Coast of the North Island.
the Safe NZ quality assurance programme was launched by Coxco
pickers and processors are employed by Coxco during harvesting
of the squash supply to Japan and Korea comes from Coxco
tonnes of squash is exported by Coxco to Japan each year
We grow the extremely sweet tasting Kabocha variety, very popular for making vegetable tempura in Japan. Coxco (www.coxco.co.nz), our horticulture division exports the produce direct to Japanese supermarket chains, under our own Safe NZ quality assurance label.