Fruit & Vegetables

  • Ara Te Kereru

    Colin and Anna Alder are BioGro certified and have navel oranges, grapefruit, mandarins, Seville oranges and persimmons.  We visited them just as the persimmons were ripening.  They also...

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  • Bremdale

    Roger and Rosemary Bremner have Organic Farms New Zealand (OFNZ) certification on their farm Bremdale in Nuhaka.  They are both local to the area and combine a working farm with a tourist...

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  • Brydone Gardens

    Marty Quennell and Cushla Brophy have a BioGro certified property in Brydone, near Oamaru. The land slopes west towards the sun and they grow stunning vegetables in a warm microclimate.  They...

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  • Chaos Springs

    Jenny Yates Erickson and Steve Erickson farm a BioGro certified property in a lovely area near Waihi. Their farm is called Chaos Springs and it is in Dream Rd– how could you lose with names...

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  • Common Property

    Sean Moffat manages Common Property in Te Horo. This is the BioGro certified property of Jim Kebbell and Marion Wood who also own Commonsense Organics. The land is divided into independent...

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  • Daywen

    David and Wendy Phillips bought their vineyard near Te Kauwhata in 1965.  They grow beautifully sweet table grapes - white Almeria and black Albany Surprise.  At first they grew using...

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  • Dubalar

    John and Tania Wickers farm just outside Wairoa – a beautifully kept property and they are clearly incredibly hard working.  They get up at 3.00am every Saturday to go to the...

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  • EcoAvo

    Doug Brown grows avocados at Homestead orchard on the rolling hills near Katikati in the Bay of Plenty.  He also co-ordinates marketing and distribution for many of the other organic avocado...

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  • Estamore

    Derek and Roz Broadmore grow a variety of apples and vegetables at their BioGro certified property in the Wairarapa.  They grow some heritage apples, including Egremont Russet, a brown apple...

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  • Fruit Forest

    Jan and Ewen Willis are Demeter certified and our main supplier of avocados – they send them from about July to May.  They also grow tamarillos, persimmon.  What an amazing place,...

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  • Hohepa

    Hohepa is a trust which provides homes, schools, organic farms and day services for the care, support and education of intellectually disabled young people and adults.   We visited their...

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  • Sabzi Organics

    Rose Boyle and Peter Macdonald farm Sabzi Organics, a beautiful BioGro certified organic property in the Horowhenua near Levin. The Hawera plums were just coming into season when we were there and...

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  • Te Koha

    Erin Simpson and Clare Buckner provide us with apples plums and some vegetables from their Demeter certified property in Hawkes Bay which just overflows with good food. They grow vegetables for their...

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  • Te Manaia

    Jeremy Howden grows beautiful vegetables just out of Masterton. He leases 50 acres of fertile land, which is divided it into 4 blocks and certified by Organic Farms NZ.  Like so many organic...

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  • True Earth

    Scott and Vicki Lawson have a big property near Hastings, which is certified BioGro. They grow onions, carrots and potatoes. Blueberries are their latest crop. Both are local Hawkes Bay people and...

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  • Wright Sprouts

    Raelle Connolly is a naturopath with a passion for fresh sprouts because she knows just how nutritious they are. She has recently bought Wright Sprouts in Hawkes Bay and grows a variety of BioGro...

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