The Kai Sovereignty project funded by the NRC's Climate Communities Resilience Fund continues into 2026. You can read our report Our Food Web here. We are refining our strategy through action to promote local, regenerative food systems. This way, the more we do, the more we learn, and more people's insights help us to ground … Continue reading Kai sovereignty update, Summer 2026
Category: Food systems
Regenerative Kiwifruit Field Day
The Regenerative Shift:Rethinking Kiwifruit & Avocado Soils Field Day – Tuesday 24 February 2026 | MaungatapereFree Coffee from 9:30am • BBQ at the CloseSupported by Quorum Sense Outline of Topics Join us for an in-depth exploration of regenerative practices in kiwifruit orcharding. We'll dive into four key topics, with 30 minutes dedicated to each. To … Continue reading Regenerative Kiwifruit Field Day
Food is medicine
The United States has the most expensive health care in the OECD. In 2023 per person health costs were $US13,432, with the comparable country average at $US7,393.[1] Despite spending nearly twice the OECD average on health care, the United States performs poorly on avoidable mortality, chronic disease burden, and healthy life expectancy, indicating weak value … Continue reading Food is medicine
Farm to table regenerative meat
Top image credit: Wild Meadows Farm Customers in Auckland and Northland can now buy regenerative meat via two websites. Out the farm gate was set up by farmers to "help farmers sell directly to consumer, ensuring transparency, fair pricing, and meat you can feel good about eating". There are currently five farms listed on the … Continue reading Farm to table regenerative meat
Why the Way We Feed Our Kids Matters for Climate and Community
Every day across Northland, thousands of students sit down to a free lunch. What’s on the plate tells a much bigger story about who we are and who we could become. Approximately 120 schools get lunches via the Ministry of Education’s Kai Ora, Kai Ako programme. Of these 53 schools manage their own lunches, 54 … Continue reading Why the Way We Feed Our Kids Matters for Climate and Community