It can be difficult to know where to start when considering organic certification and we know you probably have lots of questions.

These monthly webinars, hosted by BioGro, New Zealand's largest organic certification body, are the perfect opportunity to learn and connect with other producers at the start of their journey in organics.

What to expect:

Our initial contact webinars occur every month and in this session, three experts from the BioGro team will take you through everything you need to know about getting certified organic, including:

• Certification Programmes

• Certification Scopes

• Certification Process

• Organic Standards

• Frequently Asked Questions

You will then be given the opportunity to ask any of your own important questions. Each session will be held online and is scheduled to take up to one hour.

Buy Tickets - $27.24

Soil health is of critical importance to ecologies that support and sustain life, even in the context of a city.

Soil carries out a range of fundamental functions: it is a source of food and nutrition, supports plant life, filters water and protects us against flooding. It is interconnected and interwoven with other elements, like water, air, fauna and flora.

In te ao Māori, this understanding is deeply embedded in knowledge and practices.

Knowing soil’s importance to the wellbeing of living systems, it follows that we should be making soil health a key part of how we build our cities. After all, urban systems and living systems are also interrelated.

What urban forms can support healthy urban soil? What potential does soil hold to improve the health of our urban spaces and neighbourhoods? What does this positive transformation look like?

First, some quick-fire presentations.

Hear from featured speakers:

• Jessica Hutchings (Ngāi Tahu, Ngāti Huirapa, Gujarati), kaupapa Māori researcher, activist and hua parakore grower

• Zoë Avery Director, The Urbanist; Associate Director of Design, School of Architecture and Planning, University of Auckland

Then, move to a panel discussion and Q & A, chaired by Sacha McMeeking (Ngāi Tahu, Ngāti Mutunga), Associate Professor in the Faculty of Education at the University of Canterbury.

Finally, the evening closes with some soil-inspired words from multidisciplinary storyteller Juanita Hepi (Kāi Tahu, Ngāti Kahungunu, Ngātiwai, Ngāpuhi).

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It can be difficult to know where to start when considering organic certification and we know you probably have lots of questions.

These monthly webinars, hosted by BioGro, New Zealand's largest organic certification body, are the perfect opportunity to learn and connect with other producers at the start of their journey in organics.

What to expect:

Our initial contact webinars occur every month and in this session, three experts from the BioGro team will take you through everything you need to know about getting certified organic, including:

• Certification Programmes

• Certification Scopes

• Certification Process

• Organic Standards

• Frequently Asked Questions

You will then be given the opportunity to ask any of your own important questions. Each session will be held online and is scheduled to take up to one hour.

Buy Tickets - $27.24

It can be difficult to know where to start when considering organic certification and we know you probably have lots of questions.

These monthly webinars, hosted by BioGro, New Zealand's largest organic certification body, are the perfect opportunity to learn and connect with other producers at the start of their journey in organics.

What to expect:

Our initial contact webinars occur every month and in this session, three experts from the BioGro team will take you through everything you need to know about getting certified organic, including:

• Certification Programmes

• Certification Scopes

• Certification Process

• Organic Standards

• Frequently Asked Questions

You will then be given the opportunity to ask any of your own important questions. Each session will be held online and is scheduled to take up to one hour.

Buy Tickets - $27.24

Grow your woodworking skills and gardening knowledge in our Make a Planter Box and Spring Gardening workshop.

Join us to master the art of woodworking while enhancing your food-growing abilities.

You will get:

• Practical, hands-on experience with power tools

• Learn best practices for using power tools safely and effectively

• Embrace sustainable gardening practices by building with upcycled timber and other materials

• Take home your creations to use in your garden

• Give to others who would love to benefit from our mahi

There will be a health and safety briefing at the start of the workshop to inform participants of safety precautions before we begin using tools.

The ReCreators are on a mission to show the world how to reduce and reuse our natural resources. It’s easy, fun, creative, and sustainable. Join us on our journey. 

Places are limited so book your place NOW. Don't miss out!

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Join Oliver Liddell in this 'perma chook' workshop and learn about integrating poultry into permacultural and regenerative food systems. Suitable for both new and experienced chicken keepers, attendees will learn about managing chickens to maximise yields while improving ecosystem health.

Part 1: Chicken Talk  

• Familiarise yourself with the principles of permaculture and regenerative practice.

• Chickens from a permaculture perspective.

• Integrating chickens into food growing systems.

Part 2: Chicken Walk  

• Head into the EcoMatters organic teaching garden to observe and interact with chickens in a variety of settings.

• Learn how garden and forest ecosystems can meet the lifestyle needs of poultry, reducing care requirements and resulting in healthier, more productive birds.

• Harness the energy of chickens to aid in garden tasks such as weeding, composting, and fertilisation.

Buy Tickets - $25

It can be difficult to know where to start when considering organic certification and we know you probably have lots of questions.

These monthly webinars, hosted by BioGro, New Zealand's largest organic certification body, are the perfect opportunity to learn and connect with other producers at the start of their journey in organics.

What to expect:

Our initial contact webinars occur every month and in this session, three experts from the BioGro team will take you through everything you need to know about getting certified organic, including:

• Certification Programmes

• Certification Scopes

• Certification Process

• Organic Standards

• Frequently Asked Questions

You will then be given the opportunity to ask any of your own important questions. Each session will be held online and is scheduled to take up to one hour.

Buy Tickets - $27.24

Keen on a way to boost flavour in your food while helping improve gut health? What about with a delectable, spicy condiment that you can add to almost any meal?

Join expert tutor Ellen Schindler at Kelmarna Community Farm for this crash course in kimchi, and find out how easy it is to make your own fermented kimchi at home.

What to expect:

In this workshop, you'll learn about the ingredients and the recipe, you'll go through the process step by step, and you'll have a chance to take a portion of the result home to share and enjoy. Ellen will begin the session with information on how to create a basic ferment before you get hands-on to prepare the cabbage, daikon, chilli, and other ingredients.

Ellen will guide you to bring everything together to create your kimchi, and you'll have a chance to taste the result. Of course, as you'll learn, ferments can improve with age as the beneficial bacteria continue to ferment the fresh ingredients to make a more mature, nutritious, and delicious kimchi over time.

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One of Winter Pride's most delicious and luxurious festival staples -  the fabulous Gibbston Valley Long Lunch.

Enjoy a leisurely social dining experience at the famous Gibbston Valley. You’ll receive a complimentary glass of bubbles on arrival, a gorgeous meal, a wine-tasting tour, and a visit to Gibbston’s famous cave! 

Take a break from the hustle and bustle of Queenstown and bliss out at the beautiful Gibbston Valley property. Located in the stunning Central Otago countryside, it's an event not to be missed for anyone who enjoys good views, food, wine and company.

In addition to being a renowned winery, Gibbston Valley is also a proud Pride supporter, committed to creating safe and inclusive spaces for LGBTTQIA+ visitors. 

Buy Tickets - $212.06 R18 Event

Learn how to make low-cost diy beeswax wraps, made from natural and recyclable materials and adaptable to your kitchen needs. From school lunches to leftovers, bees-wax wraps are a completely reusable and naturally anti-bacterial alternative to plastic wrap. Good for the planet and your pocket! If you are a foodie with a chocka fridge, a parent with kids to feed, going plastic free, or just want to do your bit and take cling wrap off your shopping list, then this workshop is for you!

Join Raewyn Yee at Kelmarna Community Farm for this intro in making your own bees wax wraps. The workshop will give you the materials and know-how to start making them yourself at home alongside some creative decoration and material sourcing tips. Make and take home your own wraps on the day.\

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Learn how to grow kūmara from tipu, and how to save kūmara for seed. Hear about the ways Māori grew kūmara in colder climates and how observing the environment was imperative to the survival of Māori on arrival to Aotearoa. 

Part 1

Decolonising time, reflections on Maramataka
How time can be told through environmental observations and understanding of our modern roles.

Part 2

Learn how to build traditional Tāpapa (kūmara seed bed).
Head outside to help set up Tāpapa beds. Learn the ways ancestors would pick where in the country kūmara would be planted, and how trees would indicate the timing of each of the plantings.

All attendees will receive a kūmara growing mini kit for home (valued at $20), with everything you need to grow tipu from one kūmara.

- Optional extra: pre-order a bundle of five kūmara tipu/shoots (to collect from EcoMatters in spring) to grow or share with your whānau and friends.

Buy Tickets - $35-45

In this workshop, The ReCreators will teach you how to make your own household cleaners.  Save a fortune while reusing containers.

Come and join The ReCreators at New Windsor Community Hub. We will go through core basic ingredients and how they can make a multitude of everyday products.  Reuse your containers and save a fortune by making these easy recipes.  

We will cover the following recipes:

• Loo Cleaning Bomb

• Dishwasher Powder

• Multipurpose Spray

• Clothes Washing Powder

• Plus all your eco-cleaning questions are answered by an expert!!

All participants need to bring 6 empty containers (jars & bottles) to keep their potions and lotions in.  

The ReCreators are on a mission to show the world how to reduce and reuse our natural resources. It's easy, fun, creative, and sustainable. Join us on our journey. 

* Please note children are not able to attend with parents due to health and safety requirements.

Places are limited so book your place NOW. Don't miss out!

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Join Richard Lee, EcoMatters Food Team leader in this practical, hands-on workshop at EcoMatters organic teaching garden. 

Learn how to read the contour of the whenua, then design and create a productive sponge garden based on swale composting. 
Plan, design and prepare now, ready for planting in the warmer months.

Benefits of Productive Sponge Gardens:

• Build the depth, health and sponginess of your soil

• Close the loop - make use of food scrap nutrients for food production 

• Plant a range of species in a polyculture system including bananas, pawpaw, sugarcane, taro, and yacon.

• Slow the flow - actively reduce rainwater runoff, while ensuring your site is resilient in times of high rainfall and drought.

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New Zealand’s Food and Fibre sector is in a dynamic and challenging period, and Lincoln is excited to be in a position as an educational institution to deliver some of the best and brightest graduates into the sector as New Zealand’s specialist Land Based university.

The Lincoln University Food and Fibre Awards and Networking Dinner 2024, held on the Lincoln University campus, will acknowledge exceptional effort and leadership displayed by students within the food and fibre sector, while also providing businesses and students an opportunity to network and establish connections for the future.

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The streets and laneways of Queenstown will come alive this Winter as a line-up of incredible venues each transform into an Urban Cellar Door and host a winemaker for you to visit on a self-guided wine trail!

Guaranteed to sell out, the Urban Wine Walk promises a fun and unique self-guided wine tasting experience that you and your friends won't want to miss!

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The pollinator garden behind the museum needs helpers to keep it nice and tidy, and it's a great way to learn about hot composting of garden waste

It's almost two years since they stopped using toxic weedkiller behind the museum, and are almost able to say they're growing healthy, organic, spray-free weeds - the perfect ingredient for hot compost. 

If you've been wondering if it really is possible to turn invasive weeds into exquisite compost, then here's a chance to come and see for yourself. 

Register

On Friday, July 26th, 'Cellar' returns for an immersive experience spotlighting New Zealand's finest boutique winemakers. Join for an intimate evening with two remarkable native winemakers: Barry Riwai of Alpha Domus Wines in Hawkes Bay, and Jannine Richard’s of Huntress Wines in Martinborough.

They'll share their winemaking journeys and present eight tastings of their exceptional wines accompanied by family-style sharing plates crafted to complement the varietals of wine, made by the head chef of St Amands, the newest event venue on the Tauranga strand, operated by the Kitchen Takeover team.

Enjoy live jazz as you connect with these award-winning winemakers, exclusively visiting the Bay for one night to share their stories.

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Beef and Lamb New Zealand are proud to bring a West Coast version of Ladies Long lunch to Greymouth in 2024.

Sowing seeds of success is an opportunity for all women connected with Agriculture and the Rural Sector to come together to celebrate some of the amazing and purpose driven women from the West Coast. To be inspired and feel supported on your own journey of farming, family and self.

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Established in 1985, Negociants New Zealand distributes premium wines worldwide.
They are very pleased to present at the 2024 Negociants Fine Wine Tour, a selection of highly regarded, award-winning wines from New Zealand and Australia and also to introduce some of the personalities that craft and stand behind these distinctive and fabulous wines.

BioGro Licensees featured: Auntsfield, Dry River, Fromm, Palliser, Rippon and Two Paddocks

All tastings are included as well as light refreshments. Ticket holders will receive a tasting booklet and a Riedel Ouverture Magnum wine glass in a take-away gift carton.

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Experience some of the top wines reviewed by The Real Review's Top Wineries of New Zealand 2024 with Stephen Wong MW as your guide in conversation with Bob Campbell MW.

Origine chef Ben Bayly will create a 4-course dinner to match 4 brackets of wine.
BioGro Licensee Felton Road Wine - The Real Review Winery of The Year will be present on the night.

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Join SO/ Gallery as they host a tasting of Daily Organics’ 0% Sparkling Trio range on Thursday 4th July.

More than a tasting, you will indulge in three full-size glasses of Daily Organics’ 0% Sparkling Trio wine alternatives.

As you swirl around the space, three unique drink and food stations will treat you to a front-row taste of Matakana's greatest sparkling, booze-free drinks—each matched to a gourmet nibble.

All of Daily Organics’ 0% Sparkling Trio will be on the menu throughout the evening: O% BLANC Peach & Thyme. O% ROSÉ Strawberry & Rhubarb. O% ROUGE Blackberry & Basil.

The 0% Sparkling Trio are layered from the ground up with fruits, botanicals & tea extracts. They're made with verjuice (unfermented grapes), not a de-alcoholised wine.

Best of all, proceeds from this evening of discovery will be donated to Dry July and support their partner charities Look Good Feel Better, Prostate Cancer Foundation NZ, and Pinc & Steel.

Guests will also be able to indulge in contemporary art by Rachel Rush, the artist in residency at SO/ Gallery. New peices, “Shaken, Not Stirred” and “I’m A Delight,” will be on display throughout the night, along with Rachel's bold collection. All pieces are available for purchase.

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Forget pairing with food (although there will be plenty of nibbles). It’s art that will be masterfully paired with wine, this time.

Held at downtown Auckland’s SO/ Gallery, this unique event is a collaboration with Alpha Domus wines and artist Rachel Rush, supported by Flagstaff Gallery.

Guests will taste five exquisite Alpha Domus wines over the course of the evening—many of which are reserve, unique and lesser-known wines.

With each degustation of the five wines, guests will simultaneously discover a grandiose piece of art by Rachel Rush in her new 'Fluidity' collection—which uniquely pairs with the glass before them. Just like the wine, many of these evocative pieces will be lesser-known, special creations unveiled for the occasion.

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A PRACTICAL INTRODUCTION TO FOREST GARDEN DESIGN with JUDY KEATS

So what is a forest garden? Can food forests really help us get more out of our gardens, our fruit trees, and benefit the environment overall? Join Judy Keats, master gardener and tree cropper at Kelmarna Community Farm to explore the wonders of forest garden design, and grow your understanding of how to help any space thrive with this transformational approach!

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It can be difficult to know where to start when considering organic certification and we know you probably have lots of questions.

These monthly webinars, hosted by BioGro, New Zealand's largest organic certification body, are the perfect opportunity to learn and connect with other producers at the start of their journey in organics.

What to expect:

Our initial contact webinars occur every month and in this session, three experts from the BioGro team will take you through everything you need to know about getting certified organic, including:

• Certification Programmes

• Certification Scopes

• Certification Process

• Organic Standards

• Frequently Asked Questions

You will then be given the opportunity to ask any of your own important questions. Each session will be held online and is scheduled to take up to one hour.

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