Interviews

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Alastair Cole and Sustainable Farming

Alastair Cole from New Zealand Landcare Trust has worked with local farmers for many years, on strategic ways to improve sustainable farming practices.

In this interview he discusses some of the challenges associated with adopting sustainable farming practices in New Zealand and what the future might look like.

New Zealand has many advantages in being an educated and innovative community of small scale and diverse agricultural producers.

Murray and Melinda Jones - Biodynamic Farming

Murray and Melinda Jones run a 150 acre organic farm on the banks of the Whanganui river using biodynamic principles.

Within this interview Melinda discusses the background of biodynamic farming, the use of preparations and creation of composts. Murray also demonstrates stirring preparations.

Through love and thoughtful action the couple have transformed their property into a thriving oasis of productivity.

Organic Dairy at Lindsay Farm

Lindsay Farm is a pioneering organic dairy farm in Hawkes Bay of New Zealand.

Within this video brother and sister managers of the farm share their insights into establishing pasture diversity and soil health through adopting est practices in grazing management and increasing sward diversity.

Their fertile farm and happy cows reveal the advantages of their approach.

Mark Christensen - Heritage Food Crops

Mark Christensen of Whanganui is a man on a mission to find heritage varieties of crops that have the highest medicinal potency for combating cancer and promoting optimal health.

His property on the outskirts of urban Whanganui features a diverse orchard, glasshouse and variety of trial plots where he strives to find new varieties of heritage crops that offer the highest medicinal value.

Within this interview he provides a tour of his property, discusses seed saving techniques, his research on medicinal foods and his insights into establishing crop diversity.

Greenbridge on Permaculture Designs

We Talk to Daniel Woolley and Kama Burwell of Greenbridge Design and Implementation in Taranaki, New Zealand.

They have worked hard at establishing a professional permaculture design business in New Zealand and discuss the challenges they have navigated, the intentions of permaculture design and rewards they have experienced.

Their is a wealth of information in this one of applying the principles of permaculture design to the New Zealand farmscape.

Regenerative Farming at Family Farm

Greg and Rachel Hart are dedicated practitioners of regenerative farming practices to restore ecosystem health of their Hawkes Bay Farm.
The Mangarara Family Farm vision has four parts:

To become a model of regenerative agriculture producing healthy and nutrient rich food
To balance the relationship between nature and production agriculture by planting native and food producing trees, to restore ecosystems and to consider the balance in all we do
To open the gate and share the farms resources to build a community model to show what is possible when we work co-operatively with each other and nature
To develop an education and eco accommodation centre as a home for regenerative agriculture and a growing family farm community

Nelson Lebo - Healthy homes and resilient farms

Dr Lebo brings a wealth of experience in permaculture design to the Whanganui community and acts as an Eco Advisor within the wider Manawatu / Whanganui region.

His role as Eco Adviser is to provide free consultation on home design and retro-fitting to make a healthier living environment and on sustainable living and regenerative farm design.

He has also set up an Eco School that offers permaculture internships to learn on a real permaculture farm while obtaining a Permaculture Design Certificate.