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Organic Farming New Zealand
This webinar explored collaboration, grower pay, food access, and why the future of organic and regenerative farming in NZ may depend on reshaping the wider food system, not just expanding a niche.
Community Supported Agriculture
Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) connects households directly with farms through seasonal food subscriptions. This guide explains how CSA works, where it exists in New Zealand, and why farm–community partnerships are becoming an important part of resilient local food systems.
New Zealand food system
The proposed Wattie’s factory closures reveal something deeper about New Zealand’s food system. From KiwiSaver investments to global food corporations, the decisions shaping where our food is made may be closer to home than we realise.
Farmers Markets
National Farmers’ Markets Week is the perfect time to explore local food. The Organic Food Together map now includes farmers’ markets across New Zealand, helping connect shoppers with growers, artisans, and real food producers near them.
Farmers Markets
Farmers’ markets are one of the simplest ways to reconnect with real food in New Zealand. With over 1,000 small producers serving 50,000+ shoppers weekly, they offer fresher food, stronger local economies, and a direct connection between growers and the people who eat their food.
pesticides
A 2025 Nature Microbiology study tested over 1,000 pesticides and industrial chemicals against human gut bacteria. About 16% slowed or stopped microbial growth, acting like weak antibiotics. The modern chemical environment may be quietly reshaping the microbiome.
glyphosate
Glyphosate sits at the centre of modern agriculture. A recent Joe Rogan conversation with RFK Jr. revealed a deeper reality: food systems are built on chemical, economic, and global supply dependencies. Changing direction is possible — but systems rarely change overnight.
milk
Organic milk is less than 1% of NZ dairy volume, yet it’s forecasting a record $13.35/kg MS payout. Small sector. Premium price. Strong export demand. Is this a structural shift in food systems, or a high-value niche inside a conventional sea?
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GE Free
If New Zealand drops its GE-Free status, organics carry the risk. Even trace contamination could mean lost certification, premiums, and export trust. Innovation may lift conventional farming, but for a small, brand-driven sector, integrity is the asset. Once trust erodes, margins follow.
eggs
Farmer Brown is New Zealand’s biggest egg brand, backed by a vertically integrated agribusiness producing roughly a third of the nation’s eggs. From colony cages to free-range, golden yolks are driven by feed formulation, not farming romance. This is the system behind the carton.
A visually stunning, long-game portrait of regenerative farming, The Biggest Little Farm trades quick fixes for ecological patience. It’s less a critique of industrial agriculture than a case study in resilience, showing how biodiversity, time, and stubborn optimism can slowly rebuild broken land.
Tucker Carlson’s conversation with Catherine Austin Fitts explores digital money, financial power, and the emerging “control grid.” Agree or not, it’s a systems-level discussion about who controls payment rails, transparency, and the future of autonomy. Worth listening to.
