Groceries

• A Cracker of a Nut

  Malcolm and Jenny Lawrence grow BioGro certified walnuts in West Melton, near Christchurch.  We buy their organic walnuts, Kerakel, but there are never enough for the demand, so we also buy wild...

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• Bees Blessing

  Jo Donnelly and Ian Stewart started Bees Blessing 4 years ago. Their land is in the Mangaroa Valley near Upper Hutt and they grow most of their own fruit and vegetables as well as keeping...

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• Coral Tree

  Kim Baker has grown apples for many years on his BioGro certified property, Coral Tree, near Levin.  His tree-ripened apples are used in his apple juice and also in his cider vinegar, which we...

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• Eat Right

  We were lucky to catch Rebecca Douglas-Clifford when we visited Eat Right. She was two staff down and in the middle of coating the nut corners with chocolate! But with her usual generosity she showed...

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• Kerikeri Teas

  Husband and wife team Gary & Tracy have run Kerikeri Organic Tea for eight years. They import certified organic tea, spices and herbs direct from plantations in India, Sri Lanka and Egypt....

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• Kiwi Organics

  Bridget and Mike Parker are the biggest suppliers of organic corn in the country and they have a gluten free mill in Gisborne.  They are growing red, blue, yellow and white corn – fabulous...

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• Kokako

  Kokako is a boutique coffee roasting business that produces fantastic coffee and an excellent and intensely flavoured natural drinking chocolate. Kokako are focused on ethical trading relationships...

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• KTea

  KTea believes in a great cup of tea! A cup of tea that is made using natural, organic and Fairtrade certified ingredients. KTea tea is imported from the first organic certified tea garden in Sri...

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• Little Bird Organics

  Megan May and Jeremy Bennett started Little Bird Organics in Febuary 2010. The amazing selection of raw foods just fly off the shelves in Commonsense Organics! Jeremy is an architect and the designer...

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• Lothlorien Winery

  The Lothlorien story began in 1971 with a group of youthful idealists buying a 100 acre dairy farm in the gorgeous Ahuroa Valley just North of Auckland and planting the first orchard trees. And yes-...

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• Mountain Valley Honey

  Mountain Valley Honey’s 1500 hives are way off the beaten track, on Department of Conservation land in the Marlborough Sounds and on forestry land in the Mount Richmond valley between Nelson...

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• Moutere Grove

  Ed and Liz Scott grow and process their award winning olive oil in the Upper Moutere, near Nelson.  The olives are all Tuscan varieties and these are processed and blended by Ed in a small...

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• PARC

  PARC (Palestinian Agricultural Relief Committees) is a leading Palestinian not-for-profit organisation working in the field of rural development and protection of the environment. They work with a...

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• Pasture Poultry

  Pauline and John Blaikie at The Willows Organic Farm are our main egg suppliers.  Their farm is at Rewa, north of Feilding.  Their chickens are AsureQuality certified and spend their days...

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• Sunset Valley Wines

  Ian and Ros Newton have built up a boutique vineyard on the rolling hills of the Upper Moutere valley near Nelson.  It’s a most attractive property which is widely planted in native trees...

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• Te Ika Pounamu o Te Kaha

  We visited Pixie and Te Kaha at their home near Ohiwa harbour in the Bay of Plenty. Pixie makes handmade raw chocolate bars and chocolate hearts. The ingredients are organic and fair trade. Pixie is...

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• Vynfields

  Kaye McAuley and John Bell are the owners of the elegant Vynfield vineyard in Martinborough – and their wine is as elegant as their vineyard.  Their Pinot Noir reserve was recently awarded...

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