On March 18th Food Talks hosted Severine Von Tscharner Fleming and Wendy McWilliam to share their experience, knowledge and thoughts about how we can hold a relationship with our whenua that invites wellbeing at an ecosystem level, and what change that might invite into our lives. Wendy McWilliam is a landscape ecologist, landscape architect and…
On March 18th Food Talks hosted Severine Von Tscharner Fleming and Wendy McWilliam to share their experience, knowledge and thoughts about how we can hold a relationship with our whenua that invites wellbeing at an ecosystem level, and what change that might invite into our lives. This podcast is the conversation we had with…
School Gardening Hui’s are so much fun 🙂 There is no better place to come together than at New Brighton Community Garden!! On Tuesday 26th March we invited preschool, primary and secondary school educators and people from within the food resilience space to come together to share time, kai and knowledge. We had held a…
Cultivate Christchurch combines urban farming with youth development and community engagement. We transform urban areas into farms, providing employment and skills to young people, who also get the opportunity to work alongside community volunteers. We sell veggie boxes you can have delivered to your door, or pick-up from the farm gate and know your money…
In January we hosted a film screening event, at the amazing XCHC – Exchange Christchurch, as a way to lead into a series of events to bring community together around food and it’s role in communities. We decided to show Before the Plate – which is a documentary that looks to explore the sources of…
In February we gathered again, this time for our first official Food Talks event, around the idea of Permaculture. We were lucky enough to have Hamish Duff (Educator, Futurist and Food Resilience Network Committee member) join us to tell us the story of the continuing journey to create a permaculture system on the land that…
Find the Organic Soil Kit here. The BHU Organics Trust is a joint venture between Lincoln University and the New Zealand Organic Movement. We are dedicated to providing education, training & research in organic, ecological, permanent and related agricultures and horticultures. There are three main sections within the trust: The BHU Organic Training…
The Soil & Health Association is the largest membership organisation supporting organic food and farming in New Zealand and one of the oldest organic organisations in the world, established in 1941.We are committed to advocating our maxim “Healthy Soil – Healthy Food – Healthy People” and to creating an organic New Zealand.