Cultured Vegetable Workshop
Living healthily is a joy! Learn to make an exciting variety of delicious and health boosting ‘new’ foods with Nicola Cranfield from the Brooklyn Kitchen. Learn how to make...
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News & Events
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23 May 2012
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13 May 2012
Preserving Workshops in Lower Hutt
Preserve the autumn harvest using three simple, adaptable techniques! Three preserving workshops will be run by the Alicetown Transition Towns Koha Cafe. Sundays 6th, 13th and 20th...
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11 May 2012
First fair trade Parliment in the southern hemisphere
Our Managing director, Marion Wood spoke at the Oxfam Fairtrade coffee break at Parliament on behalf of Fairtrade Wellington. After chatting to All Good Banana’s fair trade gorilla, Marion...
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05 May 2012
Fairtrade Fortnight 2012
Fair Trade Fortnight 5th - 20th May! During Fair Trade Fortnight our fair trade products are show-cased with educational information about fair trade. You can also win a fair trade hamper! Find...
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02 May 2012
Every Choice Matters: Choose Fair Trade
Every Choice Matters In 2011 fair trade fortnight was all about choosing to buy fair trade. This year we are encouraged to add another staple to the list! For those of us that already buy some fair...
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01 May 2012
Fair Trade Fortnight 2012 Wellington Events
Fair Trade City Wellington has announced a fabulous line-up of events for Fair Trade Fortnight 2012. Show your support for fair trade by getting out and about- every choice matters! Choose...
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26 April 2012
Autumn Seasonal Produce
Some great things about seasonal goodness right now- the Reed avocado and the mighty feijoa! Autumn also brings some strange and wonderful fruit and produce. We have just had some incredible quinces...
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22 March 2012
Winning entries for our draw the harvest competition
Congratulations all you talented kids! We had amazing entries, and the winning pictures have been posted on facebook in our birthday albums. Pop over to our Facebook page and see the Hutt store...
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14 March 2012
Are oats gluten free?
We are often asked by our customers if oats can be gluten free. So we did some research and have come up with the following information. Coeliac society, New Zealand, July 2010 There is...
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13 March 2012
Taruna scholarships available for a Certificate in Applied Organics
Taruna are offering two scholarships for their Certificate in Applied Organics and Biodynamics Course. Taruna has two scholarships of $1000 towards fees available for 2012 intakes for their...
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08 March 2012
Innermost Gardens Workshop Series
Innermost Gardens are running a fantastic set of workshops over the next two months. Get involved! Innermost Workshops Thursday 6:30- 8pm with a cuppa to follow March March 1: Intro to...
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07 March 2012
A letter from our Summer Gardener
Kia ora gardeners, I am sitting here in my garden to get some inspiration on what to write for this letter, I looked around me and thought “this is it, we are here” the time of year that...
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01 March 2012
New Products
It has been a busy few months and we have a lot of news! Vegan, fair trade, organic ice blocks! We now stock Nice Blocks for the kids – young and old! They’re made in Auckland, and they...
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16 February 2012
Preserving, sprouting and a party!
February is a big month. We all get to enjoy the harvest, come up with 101 ways to eat (or preserve) zucchinis...and have a birthday party! Preserving Products Quattro Stagioni Preserving...
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14 February 2012
Valentine's day
Feed the love If your Valentine's day mission is to "feed the love through the power of the stomach"- oh, we have it all! Plums are saucy...and succulent... "Oh darling Louisa plums, you...
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05 February 2012
Organic white corn flour
Organic white corn flour is available at Commonsense! This flour is very special, it is used to make a stiff porridge that accompanies the most stunning African dishes. White corn flour is used to...
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01 February 2012
Community donations review
Every year Commonsense Organics gives away over $20,000 in donations to groups who share our values. Who do we donate to? We donate to schools and preschools that have organic...
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24 January 2012
What to do with surplus fruit and vegetables
Do you have an awesome fruit tree or an abundant garden summer surplus going on? If your friends are in the same postition and you are all wondering how much more lettuce you can eat.... have a look...
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24 January 2012
We love Ethiopian food
We are so lucky at Commonsense Organics to have access to some of the best Ethiopian food around! So lucky in fact- that we have decided to share the recipes, that have been shared with us, by our...
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19 January 2012
Petition to oppose the Food Bill
Here is some new information on the Food Bill. It is still under discussion- so that means there is time to inform yourself, join the discussion and sign the petition! The Food Bill and how it could...
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16 January 2012
Nanoparticles in sunscreens
New Zealand and Australia have the highest rates of skin cancer in the world. We need to use sunblock- but recently there have been concerns over the issue of nanoparticles in sunscreens. We have...
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14 January 2012
Potato Starch Vs Potato flour
An important question: Is potato starch and potato starch flour the same thing? No, potato starch (flour) and potato flour are different products used for different reasons. Potato Starch...
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