http://www.kaiapoifoodforest.co.nz/blog/ The latest Blog feeds from www.kaiapoifoodforest.co.nz en-us Wed, 22 Apr 2026 08:03:35 +1200 Rocketspark http://www.kaiapoifoodforest.co.nz/blog/post/149938/july-winter-newsletter/ ... Tue, 05 Aug 2025 23:54:58 +1200 http://www.kaiapoifoodforest.co.nz/blog/#post149938 http://www.kaiapoifoodforest.co.nz/blog/post/147036/kff-autumn-news/ We’d like to send a huge congratulations to the Pines Beach community on the exciting announcement of their upcoming food forest! It’s inspiring to see another community-led initiative taking root right here in North Canterbury. A recent article shared the news of this project, which will transform unused land into a thriving edible space—designed to bring people together and nourish both community and whenua. This is a beautiful example of what’s possible when locals come together with ... Wed, 11 Jun 2025 16:49:24 +1200 http://www.kaiapoifoodforest.co.nz/blog/#post147036 http://www.kaiapoifoodforest.co.nz/blog/post/144510/gardening-award-for-group-that-turned-a-red-zone-into-a-thriving-food-forest/ “We are really thrilled,” he says on behalf of the seven trustees – and everyone else. “It’s not just a win for us but for the whole community. We’ve just facilitated it.”Read the Stuff Article Here: https://www.stuff.co.nz/life-style/homed/garden/123499320/gardening-award-for-group-that-turned-a-red-zone-into-a-thriving-food-forest... Tue, 22 Apr 2025 14:46:43 +1200 http://www.kaiapoifoodforest.co.nz/blog/#post144510 http://www.kaiapoifoodforest.co.nz/blog/post/144272/kaiapoi-red-zone-becomes-waimakariris-first-food-forest/ "Not only are we going to be bringing the community together, we will be building resilience and sustainability, educating people about how to plant and grow food, how to recognise plants and know when fruit is ripe."Read the Stuff Article Here: https://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/north-canterbury/96400241/kaiapoi-red-zone-becomes-waimakariris-first-food-forest... Mon, 14 Apr 2025 17:14:21 +1200 http://www.kaiapoifoodforest.co.nz/blog/#post144272 http://www.kaiapoifoodforest.co.nz/blog/post/144212/the-community-that-turned-their-red-zone-into-a-food-forest/ “We don’t know what we’ve created really, or how we did it, but people tell us they get a wonderful sense here. They love it.”Read the Stuff article here: https://www.stuff.co.nz/life-style/homed/garden/122863790/the-community-that-turned-their-red-zone-into-a-food-forest... Mon, 14 Apr 2025 17:07:03 +1200 http://www.kaiapoifoodforest.co.nz/blog/#post144212