Organics

Kay Baxter is the founder and managing director of the Koanga Institute which holds New Zealand's largest collection of heritage organic seeds and fruit trees. The institute recently relocated to… Audio

Te Aroha dairy farmer Gavin Fisher was one of the first to supply Fonterra with organic milk. However he's now banded together with other organic farmers as part of The Organic Dairy Hub Co-operative… Audio

Former chaplain, who set up Commonsense Organics in Wellington with his wife Marion Wood in the early 1990s, and open their first store in Auckland next week. Audio

Canadian biologist and landscape architect who has been running an organic, then permaculture orchard business since 1993. He is travelling throughout New Zealand on the Beyond Organic tour of talks… Audio

Mike and Bridget Parker grow organic grains at Broadlands Farm, Tolaga Bay, near Gisborne. They run Kiwi organics from their 700 hectare East Cape property. The couple are second generation Tolaga Bay… Audio

Not far from Auckland's Queen Street is Kelmarna Organic City Farm, growing vegies and grazing cows within sight of the Skytower. But the farm faces an uncertain future. Audio

Lewis Road Creamery's founder would like all dairy cows in New Zealand to be jerseys….he believes their milk makes the creamiest butter and milk you can produce. In fact it was the pursuit of… Audio

Maurice Hellewell finishes steers and ewes and winter grazes dairy cows on a 65 hectare Biogro certified property in the Waitaki Valley. Maurice is also involved in Organic Futures Aotearoa, a farmer… Audio

Mike Moss converted to dairy farming organically 15 years ago. He opted to go organic to take pressure off the farming system, the animals and the people involved and he's enjoyed the premium Fonterra… Audio

Debbie Campbell was a jet-setting corporate businesswoman until she swapped her heels for gumboots when she bought Bay Subtropicals. It is a seven hectare BioGro certified organic property near Takaka… Audio

In the latest of our occasional Lived Philosophies series we take a look at the organics movement. Former Catholic priest and co-owner of Wellington's Commonsense Organics, Jim Kebbell, tells us about… Audio

Gardening expert Robert Guyton joins Noelle from Riverton with some great tips and advice for getting things growing in the New Year. Audio