The Ballance Farm Environment Awards took place last night at Te Papa in Wellington and the big winners of the evening were Catriona and Mark White.
The Whites are the new National Ambassadors for Sustainable Farming and Growing and the spoke to The Country's Jamie Mackay about their experience.
The Bay of Plenty organic kiwifruit growers fought off ten other finalists to take out the award and Catriona says their competitors were "inspirational."
"We were very humbled and very surprised to win. It's a great accolade."
The Whites have run their kiwifruit operation for eleven years now and Mark says they "carry on learning every day."
