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.
The industrial food system is an experiment that is failing our health, our ecosystems, and our sense of agency. Many people sense this, but don’t know where to start, or how to commit in a way that lasts.
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It’s often said that Planting is 10%. Maintenance is 90%. And certainly a food forest grows not by chance, but by the cut of a blade and the return of light. 🌳 Maintenance is at the heart of syntropic agroforestry. The ongoing disturbance and renewal, drive the growth.
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by James Samuel, Growing Radicles
This month felt like a hinge. At our Whangarei Fast Track your Food Forest session on 31 August 2025, participants leaned into collaboration tools, laying the foundations of a shared regenerative culture. Meanwhile, a gathering of Kiwi and Aussie dairy farmers in Leeston signalled that regenerative systems, with their reduced external inputs, are no longer fringe. These aren’t parallel threads—they’re weaving together into something stronger.
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