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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Sacred Seeds
I always had a garden. Even when I was a young child; when I was at university, while I was flatting, travelling and living overseas. But I do not always…
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Mātauranga Permaculture
When Rina Walker started her iwi’s permaculture garden project on whānau land, a contractor had been growing maize there for 16 years. What was left behind in the ground was…
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One and Indivisible
Sometimes a season of adverse weather events can be so overwhelming, it can be difficult to pick yourself up and dust yourself off. But this is the time of year…
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A Call for Community
I witnessed the truly phenomenal power of food to bring people together during the aftermath of the Christchurch and Kaikoūra earthquakes. With local food supply chains severely disrupted, many businesses…
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Create and Gather
The rickety wooden gate on the roadside looks like it leads to nowhere. If you didn’t know what you were looking for, you’d miss it entirely. But once you’re beyond…
