The South Kaipara Food Revolution’s monthly harvest market is happening again this Sunday in the grounds of Te Whare Oranga ō Parakai. Live music and lots and lots of delicious, locally grown and produced kai… www.facebook.com/
The Kaipatiki Project have several short practical edible gardening classes coming up in the next couple of months. There’s Fruit Tree Pruning on Sunday the 28th of June from 10.30am-12.30pm ($25 per person) This will be an on-site workshop at a private home orchard in Takapuna. Tutor Dee Pigneguy will walk participants through basic pruning skills and techniques for bountiful fruit trees including apple, pear, plum, peach and nectarine. On Sunday 13th, 20th & 27th of September from 10.30am-12.30pm ($45 per person) there’s Top Ten Spring Crops. A series of three workshops held at Kaipatiki Project's teaching gardens in Birkdale. Dee Pigneguy shows how to prepare your patch for growing organic veggies at home this spring and get a great summer yield including tomatoes, peas, beets and baby potatoes. More info on both available here…http://kaipatiki.org.nz/
Quite a few of you provided input to Emma Pilkington during the development of the new Animal Management Bylaw. The new Bylaw comes into effect on the 1st of September. You can find it online here... http://www.aucklandcouncil.
Ooooby or Out of Our Own Backyards is an enterprise on a mission to transform our food system. They’ve very recently started delivering locally sourced food boxes to the good people of Matakana and Warkworth. Ooooby pay their producers 50% of the total retail value of their produce. If you’d like to get involved either as a producer or a customer check out the website here… https://www.ooooby.org/
The Auckland Tree Crops Association are having a Tree Sale at Auckland Botanic Gardens in Manurewa on Saturday the 11th of July. Gardeners, lifestyle and small block holders, farmers and nurseries are all welcome. You can buy and sell, look, talk trees and ask questions. More info here… http://www.treecrops.org.nz/
Julia Milne spoke beautifully and passionately about the Common Unity Project at our Kai Auckland Hui at Kawai Purapura last year. A report from yesterday’s NZ Herald gives an update on this fantastic community asset. "Through coming together as a community to meet the basic needs of our children and our families, we become powerful and discover the meaning of true wealth"… http://www.nzherald.co.nz/
Virgil Evetts will be delivering a smart planting workshop at the Devonport Community Garden on Saturday the 6th of June. Speaking from personal experience Virgil is a hugely knowledgeable and engaging speaker. Well worth the trip if you’re interested…
A great opportunity for someone passionate about community and local food. The Grey Lynn Farmers’ Market are looking for a new Market Manager…http://dogoodjobs.co.nz/jobs/
& speaking of the Grey Lynn Farmer’s Market Rob and the crew from Heirloom Organix will be delivering a Winter Gardening talk at the market on Sunday the 7th of June from10.30-11.30am. This is the first of a series of talks through June and July… https://www.facebook.com/
There’ll be a Kai Auckland presence at the Browns Bay Our Amazing Place tomorrow. Minette Tonoli from Nature All Kids http://www.nature-all.co.nz/ will be there too delivering a fun workshop for any young green thumbs who may pass our way. Come and say hello if you’re around.
Finally the public consultation on Auckland Transport’s new northern networkconcept opens on Tuesday the 2nd of June… https://at.govt.nz/projects-
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