Relocalising our food

              
                                    Nā tō rourou, nā taku rourou  ka ora ai te iwi.
                   With your food basket and my food basket the people will thrive.
 
Local Food Northland - Our purpose is to support the shift from an industrial food system to sustainable food systems with all its implications for our health, our economy, our environment and our sovereignty.
 
Collectively we will have impact. Here is a link to a brief survey (3 minutes) to let us know how you are interested in engaging with us. https://goo.gl/forms/HQkWd3Mg1i6xMROG2 
 
We believe that we have made great progress.  
 

• We have published research and position papers: https://localfoodnorthland.org/publications/
• We have worked with others to stage food demonstrations at the Whangarei Growers Market and the Winter Banquet
• We have established a website and Facebook page
• We are working to get local food into the DHB 
• We have fostered partnerships with a wide range of organisations
• We are hosting our inaugural conference in February 2017: https://localfoodnorthland.org/conference/ 
• We are planning to develop a regional food plan
• We are planning to establish a food policy network to address food systems change at the policy level.

 
Working with local food is an easy way to help create a better world with a menu of local and practical actions to choose from. 
 
If you have friends or family that are interested in local food, please pass this on.

Local Food Northland's purpose is to support the shift from an industrial food system to sustainable food systems. If you are interested in this change and all its implications for our health, our economy, our environment and our sovereignty, collectively we will have impact.

With the pending uncertainties that humanity faces, building local resilence in our communities represents the most logical response - and local food resilience is crucial.

The team have made great progress:

• We have published research and position papers: https://localfoodnorthland.org/publications/
• We have worked with others to stage food demonstrations at the Whangarei Growers Market and the Winter Banquet
• We have established a website and Facebook page
• We are working to get local food into the DHB 
• We have fostered partnerships with a wide range of organisations
• We are hosting our inaugural conference in February 2017: https://localfoodnorthland.org/conference/ 
• We are planning to develop a regional food plan
• We are planning to establish a food policy network to address food systems change at the policy level.

Working with local food is a easy way to help create a better world with a menu of local and practical actions to choose from. 

If you have friends or family that are interested in local food, please pass this on.