The Food Forester
When James Runham revisits some of the food forests he’s planted around Northland, he’s often staggered by the transformation. What was once bare, straggly lawns and paddocks have been turned…
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Soul in the Soil: Inside a NZ Biodynamic Vineyard
At The Wrekin, a biodynamic vineyard in Marlborough, the rituals start with cow horns and manure When most people visit a vineyard, they’d probably expect to taste some wine, maybe…
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Plants and Pasture: How to Earn Carbon Credits on a Farm
It probably won’t be news to many people that New Zealand farms are disappearing at an alarming rate and being replaced with pine trees (Pinus radiata). Given the poor returns…
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Fuel Crisis Looming: Build a Resilient Community Now
New Zealand imports 100% of its refined fuel. The ongoing Strait of Hormuz crisis has already voided supply contracts across the region, and with onshore stocks thin, the window for…
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Post and Wire
In 2020, Greg and Dansy Coppell were confronting a considerable financial dilemma on their 500-hectare farm in St Arnaud. Like many farmers, they needed to purchase materials to fence off…
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What is Chitin and how is it beneficial to plants?
Kiwi-born farmer, Ian Rew, has launched a new ground-breaking, BioGro certified organic chitin-based product for growers in New Zealand, named Flamingro, which has been proven to increase plant root mass…
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Summer Tomatoes
I reckon every gardener has “their” vegetable – the one they just seem to understand and as a result, they grow with ease. The tomato – while technically a fruit –…
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Level-headed
When my wife and I first told friends and family that we were about to put an impulsive offer on a block of bare, coastal land in the Waikato, they…
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Passive Potential
If there were an ideal scenario for a passive income on a farm or lifestyle block, it would probably look a little like this: you do a very small amount…
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