Bostocks, known for their delicious organic apples, have teamed up with renowned winemaker Rod McDonald to produce a superior organic wine. The vineyard – Vicki’s Vineyard – is named after John Bostock’s late wife. “Today Bostock is New Zealand’s largest … Continue reading Largest Grower of Organic Apples Launches First Wine Vintage
How organic farming benefits the environment and helps to reverse climate change. An introduction to the ODPG. Continue reading Organic Farming: Why we do it
24 Dairy X Angus and Dairy X Hereford 17 month old heifers and steers at Te Anga, Waitomo, Waikato. USDA-NOP-certified. Continue reading Dairy X Angus and X Hereford Heifers and Steers
MAY 3rd – 5th | TIRAU, South WaikatoThere are two spaces available for an all-inclusive social weekend learning about how to manage a house cow. Everything from hand milking to regenerative pasture maintenance, cheese, yoghurt and butter making will be … Continue reading How to manage a House Cow : Two Spaces Left on Weekend Workshop
What is Permaculture and how can it be of benefit to you? Join us and find out. Workshop leader, Steve Hart, is one of the world’s prominent Permaculture practitioners, with a wealth of international experience across every subject of Permaculture. Continue reading PERMACULTURE WORKSHOP : APRIL
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
The NZ Dairy industry has been slow to take up the organic standards, but things are finally starting to move as the bigger organisations make the change. Continue reading Watch out… Here Comes Dairy!
2019 is going to be a great year of growth for the ODPG with lots planned for our members. Join now, or renew your membership for an earlybird price. Continue reading 2019 : Join Us Now and Save
Happy-Go-Clucky: Chicken Welfare in NZ Continue reading Happy-Go-Clucky: Chicken Welfare in NZ
Here’s an article by King called ‘Farmers should look for their ‘unfair advantage” (Oct 2017) in which he looks into the methodology of regenerative farming: Continue reading John King on Regenerative Farming
Award-winning Lewis Road Creamery and Jersey Girl Organics of Matamata have teamed up to produce the absolute ultimate in milk. So good, there was no option but to give it a gold top! Continue reading Jersey Girl Organics: The New Gold Standard in Milk
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An introduction to the ODPG; a network of farmers who manage organic dairy and pastoral farms. Join us to gain access to resources, workshops, advice and support, and we’ll help you get the best out of your farm. Continue reading An Introduction to ODPG
“New Zealand’s organic sector has grown 30% over the past two years to an estimated value of $600 million, led by a 42% jump in organic exports” Continue reading Healthy Growth in Organic Sector says New Report
Here is a first look at the new National Organic Standards being proposed. New Zealand has never had their own Organic Standard so has always relied on other countries to set the bar. Here is a summary of the proposal: … Continue reading New National Standards for Organics
Radio Interview with Organic Vet, Dr Paul Dettloff who held workshops with the ODPG when he visited New Zealand. Continue reading Radio Interview with Organic Vet, Dr Paul Dettloff
Keep up with all the latest news from ODPG. Continue reading Welcome to OPDG!