family background / Yvette grew up traveling around the globe with parents David and Fiona Jones, who work in food technology. She majored in horticulture and is passionate about applied food sciences.age/23grower/Nelson, New Zealandcrops/Apples, pears, kiwifruitbusiness/Horticulturalist How did you get your start?I’m not from a traditional rural background — I’m not off a farm. My family is actually involved with aquaculture, farming mussels in the ocean. Before I went to university I was based in the Bay of Plenty in the North Island of New Zealand. When I was there, a fungal bacterial disease landed in the country decimating the […]