Being served cooked rat and unwittingly drinking rice alcohol spiked with dead eagle are just a couple of the things Chris and Jenny May experienced as they travelled the world, advising, supporting and building organic networks. Sue Gilmer finds out more about what these organic stalwarts have done over the last half century. The content below is available with a print or online reader subscription The following content is accessible for members only, please…
In the picturesque seaside town of Riverton, west of Invercargill, a school garden is proving to be a fertile ground for the cross-pollination of learning, as Hollie Guyton and Rebecca Perez show here in words and pictures. Photos: Hollie Guyton and Rebecca Perez The content below is available with a print or online reader subscription [memberonly} At the edge…
Moko Morris talks with Kelly Francis, a Kai Oranga graduate and the catalyst for over 250 food gardens that have been planted since last spring. We hope you enjoy this free article from Organic NZ. Sign up now for a print or digital subscription and get the latest from us each issue. Motivated by attending a Kai Oranga…
Aotearoa New Zealand is seeing a groundswell of regenerative agriculture. Martin Freeth finds out just how complementary the new thinking and practices are with our longer tradition of organic farming. We hope you enjoy this free article from Organic NZ. Sign up now for a print or digital subscription and get the latest from us each issue. Southland farmer…
We need to lead the way By Noel Josephson, CEO of Ceres Organics We hope you enjoy this free article from Organic NZ. Sign up now for a print or digital subscription and get the latest from us each issue. The growth of the organic market is significant such that within a relatively few years every major food…
We hope you enjoy this free article from Organic NZ. Sign up now for a print or digital subscription and get the latest from us each issue. I’ve seen many small family-run market gardens in my time but none aspiring to an annual turnover of $100,000. I remained skeptical until I visited Niva and Yotam Kay from…
Sharon Stevens looks at the connection between local, regenerative food production and homegrown currencies such as her local ‘Loaves’. We hope you enjoy this free article from Organic NZ. Sign up now for a print or digital subscription and get the latest from us each issue. From local markets to direct farmer-to-consumer relationships, regenerative agriculture is bonded…
A new film shines the spotlight on our organic and sustainable heroes. Philippa Jamieson finds out more. We hope you enjoy this free article from Organic NZ. Sign up now for a print or digital subscription and get the latest from us each issue. Climate change… la la la la la. Environmental destruction – I know, it’s…
Frith Chamberlain outlines a system that uses money in a fair and reciprocal way. We hope you enjoy this free article from Organic NZ. Sign up now for a print or digital subscription and get the latest from us each issue. In November 2015 I had the pleasure of attending New Zealand’s first national ‘savings pool’ hui….
In 2012 and 2013, a team of New Zealand permaculture educators hit the road for an ambitious teaching and filming tour: the Localising Food Project. We hope you enjoy this free article from Organic NZ. Sign up now for a print or digital subscription and get the latest from us each issue. They found a bounty of…
Franziska von Hünerbein writes about a movement that’s about sharing excess produce, community connection, and so much more. We hope you enjoy this free article from Organic NZ. Sign up now for a print or digital subscription and get the latest from us each issue. It all began with a tree, a big lemon tree full of…
Hemp is an ancient crop, grown for its fibre and put to thousands of uses. Unreasonably lumped in with cannabis, hemp was supplanted and restricted for nearly a hundred years – but it is now being heralded as an outstanding building material for our time. We hope you enjoy this free article from Organic NZ. Sign…
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