General Info
We (Simon and Jordyn) met in our student days at Lincoln University and both graduated with a B.Ag.Sci (Hons). Throughout our journey of learning the ways of conventional agriculture we came to realise at our very core that there was something very wrong with how our food is produced. Too many eco-toxic pesticides, antibiotics, chemical fertilisers and heavy metals. Too much farming for the big corporates of the food industry who are for themselves (not for the people or the planet). Conventional agriculture is wreaking havoc on our topsoil, environment and its many eco-systems. Our food system desperately needs to change for the sake of our planet and future generations. We believe that God created us to be stewards of his creation; to look after and be responsible for the land, environment and the life that it supports. Production should therefore not risk jeopardising the health and well-being of these. In fact we believe that agriculture should sustain or even better enhance the health of the soil, plant, animal, human and planet as a whole. We are all connected; you cannot separate human health from ecological health. We believe that agriculture for its own benefit should try to work with (not against) the rhythms of nature, ecological systems and cycles that are on offer, emulate them and sustain them. Finally we believe that everyone has the right to know how their food is produced and where it comes from. And everyone should have access to fresh nutritious quality food that is affordable! After realising that it was our calling to grow organic vegetables we moved to Simon’s family dairy farm in Rotorua in June 2017 to set up our organic market garden and small orchard on a 1.6 ha block. In the 2017/18 season we experimented with a range of vegetables, cultivars, composts, seed-raising mixes etc. to see what worked for us and sold a small amount of produce at our roadside stall three days a week. This year Simon will be working the garden full time and Jordyn part-time (whilst raising two little girls) and come November we plan to sell our vegetables at the Saturday Kuirau Market, the Sunday Rotorua Farmer’s Market as well as provide weekly vegetable shares through a community supported agriculture (CSA) scheme. Oh and sell some produce at our roadside stall two days a week! We thank you for your support!