There’s something special brewing
There is something special brewing a few kilometres north along the coast from Whangamata later this month. As you read this,
Mangawhai’s Carb Club plants spuds
Sunday 23rd August: The Mangawhai Carb Club kicked off with its first working bee. After a welcome and orientation, 25
Lowering the barriers to growing food forests
For Paul Candy’s upcoming food forest installation in Helensville, we are slashing the cost from $185 to just $50 per person. Join us on Sunday, and learn while doing.
Your land is trying to become a forest
Ever seen a food forest and felt that quiet ache: I want this. Then gone home to your paddock of kikuyu, and asked: ‘Where do I start?’
Taking our place in nature, as enablers of her abundance
The industrial model of food production is a recent experiment—barely a century old. It promised abundance and efficiency, yet it
Fast Track your Food Forest – in collaboration with nature
If you have access to land and feel the pull to grow real food — not as a hobby, but as a way of living more honestly with the land — this learning journey is for you.
From Grass to Syntropic Food Forest: Lessons along the way
You could do it alone, but why would you? 12 people joined Session 3 of the Fast Track your Food
Syntropic Agroforestry – introduction
The syntropic or successional approach to agroforestry outlines a way of interacting with ecosystems which marks a step in the
Fast Track your Food Forest – Maintenance
Planting is 10%. Maintenance is 90%. A food forest grows not by chance, but by the cut of a blade and the return of light. 🌳
The Regeneration Pulse — September 2025
This first “Pulse” tracks how farmers, investors, and communities are stepping into regeneration—signalling the early stages of an exponential curve.