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Davaar Country – Organic Beef and Lamb

Davaar Country is a premium quality organic meat supplier. A combination of two farms, Davaar and Kilbrannan covers a total of 1450 hectares. Both properties …

Nelson Growables Fair 2011

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Founders Heritage Park
Sunday, 13 November

10.00am-5.00pm

Adults $5
Children Free.

Over 100 stands with edibles, ornamentals,heritage and unusual plants, plus gardening products, services and inspiration.

Nelson Kids Edible Garden Programme Bears Fruit

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Nelson schoolkids are delighting in growing and eating their own produce. This week there has been enormous delight at unwrapping the hidden delights inside a broad bean. I kid you not, this green crop was savoured raw as a coveted jewel in several school gardens this week…

J.Friend and Co NZ Artisan Honey

NZ Artisan Honey – a range of single varietal certified organic honey. The launch of the range is the realisation of a long held desire …

Cleanaer air purifier’s New Zealand distributor wins sustainability award

MW Cleaning have won the “Excellence in Sustainability” Award at the recent Westpac Business Excellence Awards. Anne Quaid, Director of MW Cleaning says “We are very excited about the award. It’s the culmination of 2 years of hard work.” Anne and Bob, a husband and wife team based in Auckland, are deeply concerned about the […]

Sustainable Wines Shine at Milestone Air New Zealand Wine Awards

04 November 2011 AirNZWineAwards »83 gold medals awarded at 2011 Air New Zealand Wine Awards »Pinot Noir scoops 20% of all gold medals awarded »77% of gold medals awarded to sustainable wines 83 gold medals have been awarded at this year’s Air New Zealand Wine Awards – 77% of which were awarded to sustainable wines. […]

International Wine Tourism Awards – Central Otago & Marlborough Shine

A trail-blazing boutique tour company has won a prestigious International Best of Wine Tourism Award for its work showcasing Central Otago wines. Appellation Central Wine Tours, which was set up in 1999 when wine making in Central Otago was still in its infancy, has won the award for Wine Tourism Services in the Great Wine […]

Te Mania Wines Nelson – Pure Organic Gold

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Te Mania a Nelson wine-making pioneer has won Pure Gold for its 2011 Sauvignon Blanc at the 2011 Air New Zealand Wine Awards…

Eco Lodge Pakowhai – Hastings, NZ

Eco Lodge Pakowhai is a newly built Lodge offering budget accommodation in park-like surroundings. Double, twin, (some with ensuite) dorm rooms, cabins and caravans set …

World Population Hitting 7 Billion

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The number of people in the world is expected to reach 7 billion by the end of October 2011. Our rate of increase continues to slow from the high point of over 2 percent in 1968. Still, this year’s 1.1 percent increase means some 78 million people will be added to the global population in 2011.

Foraging New Zealand | garden.geek.nz

Garden.Geek.NZ is where Emily Davidow blogs about her ‘enthusiastic garden experiments and explorations in Aotearoa New Zealand’.

Emily has published a page with some handy resources on urban foraging. Well worth a look along with the rest of her site.

Foraging New Zealand | garden.geek.nz.

AgroFair

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“AgroFair is the pioneer in sustainable fresh produce and fruit ingredients. Since the introduction of the first Fairtrade banana in 1996 we have developed into a producer-owned provider of sustainable fruit to leading supermarkets and food businesses in Europe. Currently we can offer a complete fruit basket of sustainable produce. All our fruit is minimum […]