• Orchard Spirit

    After leaving Auckland for Central Otago, a young couple have taken the plunge into fruit growing – and have stumbled on some unique side-hustles along the way.
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  • The Food Forester

    A Northland builder and gardener is giving people the gift of resilient food systems and ecosystem restoration through an exciting method of agroforestry.

  • Soul in the Soil: Inside a NZ Biodynamic Vineyard

    The owners of a Marlborough vineyard tell of the benefits that biodynamics has brought to their quality of life.

  • Plants and Pasture: How to Earn Carbon Credits on a Farm

    When most people think of growing trees under the Emissions Trading Scheme, they think of pine trees or natives. But according to regenerative farmer Greg Hart of Mangarara Family Farm, there are other trees that not only earn money from carbon credits under the ETS, but integrate harmoniously into a farming system as well.

  • Fuel Crisis Looming: Build a Resilient Community Now

    Practical ways you can prepare and build a resilient community to handle the potential fuel and food crisis.

  • Post and Wire

    Looking to reduce the infrastructure costs on their Nelson Lakes farm, a couple inadvertently discovered an affordable and sustainable new product that is standing out in the farming community.

  • What is Chitin and how is it beneficial to plants?

    An organic product containing chitin can increase plant root mass and shoot growth by 26%. So how does it work?

  • Summer Tomatoes

    Emma Galloway shares her best recipes to make use of the abundance of her favourite vegetable – tomatoes.

  • Level-headed

    On the Land editor Michael Andrew shares his experience of setting up water infrastructure on his property, and the best way to keep on top of water levels.

  • Passive Potential

    A new wave of off-grid, eco-cabin businesses are giving lifestyle block owners the ability to make use of their properties and diversify their income streams.

  • People of Permaculture

    In late 2024, passionate growers, farmers and thinkers from across NZ gathered for the National Permaculture Hui – the first in five years. On the Land was there to capture the event in pictures.

  • Homemade Wedding

    It’s hard to get a wedding perfect, but according to a family who created a beautiful, rustic-themed celebration on their Nelson lifestyle block, it doesn’t need to be.

  • Reclaiming the Value Chain

    On an off-grid farm in Golden Bay, a third generation farming family has been developing ways to provide regenerative meat direct to local customers.