on January 13, 2016
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Hi! We are Rachel Yeats and Brad Harding of Grow Food Instead in Aongatete. We grow and teach about organic, nutrient dense food based on permaculture principles.
Food Justice Trust has contracted us to set up small scale intensive market gardens to support and educate young people in low socioeconomic communities. We are looking to lease some farmland that meets most or all of the following criteria:
- between Bethlehem and Waihi Beach
- minimum 1.5 acres, maximum 5
- vehicle access
- flat or lightly sloping contour
- access to a water line (with a reliable water source)
- available from or before April 1st 2016
- minimum 2 year lease
Access to power and/or an existing building would be an added bonus!
We can pay market rates for the lease, and you’ll get the added benefits of
- free seasonal vegetables
- increased biodiversity on your land
- regeneration of your soil fertility
- the feelgood factor of supporting a good cause
We have some great references (Brad has been working in horticulture for over 20 years), which we’re happy to provide on request.
You can also check us out at the following places:
On the web – www.growfoodinstead.co.nz
On Facebook – www.facebook.com/growfoodinstead
On Instagram – www.instagram.com/growfoodinstead
On LinkedIn – nz.linkedin.com/in/rachelyeats nz.linkedin.com/in/hardingbrad
Thanks so much for taking the time to read this, if you can’t help but know someone who might, sharing our info would be hugely appreciated.
Contact:
Rachel  |  0204 064 4562
Brad  |  0204 036 3651
Hi Guys,sadly i am in the wrong area for you but just in case you no of someone we are after a couple or little family to join us here at Wildwood next Spring.We have 15 acres 10 in bush and 5 in pasture and gardens.We have a lovely little cottage which is very private and has the best seaviews available.We have a 200sq garden fenced with about a meter deep topsoil 9 1m wide garden beds organic/biointensively gardened, plus other gardens.Lots more area to put gardens in.We have a great water bore,potting shed,poly tunnel and more we have been on the farm for 13 years so well set up.We have hosted many workshops gardening and homesteading etc Soo please can you pass on my details thanks o and Waiheke is a very cool place to live,almost no organic veg to buy on the island so people are desperate to buy 09 3723393 or 0272444457 thanks have a lovely day smiles Fi
What an amazing opportunity Fi, we are quite set on our path but it is still very tempting! I lived on Waiheke in my late teens and always thought it would be a great place to come back to once I had kids.
Hi there,
A topic we at Transition Whangarei are interested in – perhaps we can include in our newsletter. Whangarei Grower’s Market may be a source to contact – growers are retiring and their land may be available ????
Thanks Ross
Transition Whangarei steering group
It’s a very pressing issue isn’t it. Great that it’s one that Transition Whangarei have recognised – thanks for commenting here Ross, it’s made me realise that getting in touch with Transition Tauranga would probably be a good move. We’re in the Bay of Plenty so the Whangarei Grower’s Market likely won’t be of great help to us, but I can try with our local markets. There are very few growers here young or old, except for kiwifruit and avocado, and more land going into those every month unfortunately.
Great idea and I wish I was in your area. I have a few flat acres doing nothing and have no time to do anything with it. Ross – I’m 45 km south west of Whangarei and would gladly offer this up for something similar…
Hi Margaret, very keen to talk to you. I have been experimenting in Suburban Auckland and have decided to go larger scale, have been looking around Maungakaramea to Waipu for suitable land. Cheers, Rod 027 9543012
Best of luck Rod. I have Margaret’s contact details here so I’ll flick her an email to ask her to get in touch with you.
Hi, we have land available in Paeroa, would that be of interest to you?
Hi Christina, thank you so much for your offer. Unfortunately it is a bit too far out of our area to work for us.
Hi there, awesome Rachael and Brad and others who are doing the same. If we may add to this area of wanting land to lease etc, we too are in a similar situation. We have had to put on hold due to illness our passion our project which sadness us both dearly.
Our project went on hold 4 years ago due to illness, now we are slowly mending and wish to see if someone out there would be willing to lease land to us for our project Aquaponic’s Gardening http://www.aquaponicsnz.com we wish to setup and test trial and collect data on the various vegetables and fruits, including recording and monitoring water ph during the summer/winter for the home user or for those wanting to go commercial in the near future. This is our goal and our passion still today.
We are a family of 8 living in Wanganui. In the past there have been several options for land use, however at the end of the day, they didn’t work out and spent more than it was worth.
If anyone is interested to know more, please don’t hesitate to reach us. We have all the equipment a (mini commercial unit which comes with 4 grow-beds, and we added another 4 grow-beds. 6 for media growing and 2 water rafting growing. The only items we need to get established is Greenhouse 20 x 15, media to grow in, and of course the most important one Leasing of Land 1acre would be sufficient….and good clean water. NO chemicals in the area i.e spraying! If anyone can help us we would be very greatful to share our project and work together. Thanking you!! Pera and Turoa Chadwick
Best of luck in your search! After seeing all the comments about this over the internet on the last few days I am going to have a chat to James Samuel and see if we might be able to establish some sort of network to bring together land owners with small plot farmers seeking leased land.
We are in Whakamarama, up past school. Would possibly be very interested because this is somethingI have wanted to do. If you want to come look, the real problem is flat area. We are a charitable Trust.
Thanks Christine, we’ll be in touch!