Turning waste into resource: Auckland city’s new living compost hub

Transforming food scraps into a nutrient-rich climate-change fighter is dependent on keeping it in the neighbourhood, according to the people behind a new composting initiative.  It’s sweet to chuck this apple core under that bush over there, right? It’ll return to the earth and nourish the soil… surely? Sorry, but that’s not how compost works … Read more

A tale of two city farms

About as far as you can get from Aotearoa’s rural heartland, a new breed of farmers are rethinking the way we grow.  At the heart of that shitshow of an Auckland city confluence where Symonds St, New North Rd, Khyber Pass and Newton Rd come together, observant passers-by will notice an unlikely thing. Amid the … Read more