About us
Farming to enhance nature, not strip it
We are a local Waikato family - you may have seen us around town - who started seriously gardening in 2019 after reading 'How to grow more vegetables' by John Jeavons (who is an amazing pioneer of natural growing and runs Ecology Action in California).
After a ton of learning, experimenting, research rabbit holes and training we started selling commercially in early 2020 providing local food boxes to friends. A whole heap of infrastructure and crop later, we now provide quality crop to cafes, restaurants, distributors, and public.
We are about getting real food to your plate in Waikato. It's grown here, for the people who live here.... a closed circuit.
How we grow
There are a lot of buzz words around at the moment - permaculture, sustainable farming, regenerative, organic, climate friendly... While these words buzz for a reason, we try to focus on the main objectives rather than stick too closely to a box.
We focus on soil health and treat the soil first as it is the 'gut' of the plant system.
This means lots of sifted compost (we make compost ourselves) and organic matter. We also closely observe nature and try to discover the overarching laws and habits that allow us to apply change to our garden - something Nina has called 'The Natural Web of Interactive Functions'. We try to show some of this learning in our Instagram page. Follow us to see what we mean.
We DO NOT
Use chemicals, herbicides, fungicides, synthetic fertilizer so there are no sprays or additives. We have no input programs that come in our gate other than oak leaves (Waikato Kindergartens), and carbon mulch (we like to look our carbon dealers in the eye to know there is no chemical input coming in).
We DO
Use natural bacterial cultures, ferments and plant extracts to treat issues, such as willow bark tea, ferments full of enzymes and using plants to heal and support other plants ... made on farm, from farm products.
We compost always - never more than a forest does - with diverse materials. We have over 200 species in our gardens currently, and have tracked 622 species of plants on our land, making a diverse compost full of a range of biology.
Healthy plants are the by product of good soil health. That's what makes our food taste so good!
Order with us to try it!