Gavin Fisher’s farm is an inspiration to everyone aspiring to farm organically and to do it well. Take a look at what we can expect to find on Conference Field Trip #1 Continue reading Gavin Fisher’s Farm | Conference Field Trip
As 2021 comes to a close, we’d like to invite you to join us for the New Year with a special earlybird price. Continue reading An Invitation to Join the ODPG for 2022
Many high country sheep and beef farms are already carbon-neutral or very close, as research at AUT discovered last year. It’s just a case of proving it, like Lake Hawea Station did, to become the first carbon-neutral farm in New Zealand. Continue reading New Zealand’s First Certified Carbon-Neutral Farm
The Ericksons “make it a point to pay close attention to all four realms of soil function: soil biology, minerals, energetics, and the plant-soil relationship.”
Find out more about how the Jenny and Steve got into farming and how they run their farm and compost business in this Thriving Farmers Podcast. Continue reading Soil Management, Compost Tea, and Farming – A Podcast with The Ericksons
A 12-year project involving seven farms in the UK is hoping to discover how much silvopasture systems are benefiting soil carbon. Continue reading Planting Trees: A Silvopasture Project
Our ODPG Webinar Series continues with a look at the uses of Homeopathy in the current farming season, with Tracey Simpson from Homeopathic Farm Services. Continue reading WEBINAR: Homeopathy for Autumn
One of the subjects we’ll be covering at our conference is the use of Homeopathy on the farm and how the nature of the treatment can be explained by physics, with Tracey Simpson of Homeopathic Farm Services. Continue reading Homeopathy: ODPG 2021 Conference
Farming in New Zealand? Organic, Regenerative or Biological? We’re a friendly group full of collective knowledge, offering advice and education and a place to share ideas. Come and join us! Continue reading Reduced-Price Farm Membership Ends Friday
A new project, aimed at ‘reinforcing the building blocks of well-being’, combines scrap metal and farmers who are keen to make some improvised noise together. Continue reading Farmers, Music and Mental Health
We’ve reduced the price of our Farm Membership as we enter the second half of 2020. If you haven’t already, now is the time to take advantage of our membership benefits: Continue reading Reduced Membership Fee for the Remainder of 2020
The Beatties Pitt Island Wild Sheep receive NO chemicals, including treatments, injections or antibiotics in their lifetime and their tails are left as nature intended, wagging behind them. Continue reading Wyld Organic Food on our Conference Menu
‘Profit is Essential for People on the Land’ is a workshop for every kind of pastoral farmer to help them understand their individual farm and make it work for them. Continue reading A Knowledgeable and Approachable Farmer Teacher
A maggot farm set up by a University of Auckland student in India is processing 200 kilos of food waste a day and turning it into fertiliser and chicken feed. Continue reading Processing Food Waste the Wriggly Way
How a young couple fell in love with organic farming. Continue reading Falling in Love with Organic Farming
With greenhouse gas emissions down by 44% compared to other farms, Our Land of Milk and Honey were the proud recipients of the Transforming Food award at the NZI Sustainable Business Network Awards last month. Continue reading Organic Robotic Farm Wins Prize
Animal Health Problems led to Organic Farming – “Something wasn’t right when we were conventional…” Continue reading Animal Health Problems led to Organic Farming
Go Organic! But ‘convert in your own time.’ Good advice from an established organic farmer… Continue reading Go Organic! But ‘convert in your own time.’