Kaiwhenua Organics, the charitable trust which has been feeding Whaingaroa with organic vegetables for 10 years, is again selling produce direct from its Whale Bay Gardens at 71 Whaanga Rd, with gourmet salads and other veges available Tue-Fri 9.30-4.30 at the garden. Kaiwhenua Organics’ main outlet will still be the Herbal Dispensary in Wallis St, Raglan.
Kaiwhenua’s gardens benefit from the shelter and north facing volcanic soils of Karioi, surrounded by regenerating native trees. Cultivation draws on the traditional wisdom of the tupuna to guide growing practices, feeding the soil with organic fertilisers like compost, plant material and natural minerals and not using synthetic fertilisers, chemical pesticides, or herbicides. Plants are grown from natural seed stock with no genetic modification. High standards of cleanliness are maintained using water from a spring-fed mountain stream.
Kaiwhenua’s vision is “a flourishing garden at the heart of a sustainable business supplying organic produce and promoting learning, employment and health for the whanau and the wider community”.
Kia Ora, my name is Keho Allen. I am a student at Nga Taiatea Wharekura and I am doing Home economics as a subject, we are focusing on food sustainability this term and we had to find a local food company that practices food sustainability, if you a happy to answer some questions please feel free.
1.How does your business support your local community?
2.What type of different products does your company preserve?
3.What is your best selling product in the local community and why?
4.What kind of food sustainabilitiy practices does your company take part in?
5.What does food sustainability mean to you?
You may have a better chance of a response if you contacted Kaiwhenua Organics directly.
1. How does your business support your local community? Kaiwhenua provides employment, training, food and social services.
2.What type of different products does your company preserve? Chutnies.
3.What is your best selling product in the local community and why? Gourmet salad. Fresh, local, tasty.
4.What kind of food sustainabilitiy practices does your company take part in? Permaculture gardening.
5.What does food sustainability mean to you? Use of resources in a way that can continue indefinitely.
Thanks John. Those gourmet salad mixes sure are tasty.
The garden sounds wonderful! Can anyone visit, or do you have to be a part of a group?
The information I have is shown below. I’d suggest you phone them on 825 0250 before visiting to make sure they have picked that day.
Kaiwhenua Organics- Whale Bay Gardens
Business Name: Kaiwhenua Organics- Whale Bay Gardens
About: Gourmet salads and other veges available Tue-Fri 9.30-4.30 at the garden.
Location: 71 Whaanga Road, Raglan 3297
Phone: 07 825 0250