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Food resilience is an essential element to any healthy community and Our Food Network is here to help connect the dots in Ōtepoti / Dunedin.
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Community News

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A New Lease On Life For Garden Tools - Give To Grow Ōtepoti
A New Lease On Life For Garden Tools - Give To Grow Ōtepoti

Growing food for yourself and others is certainly a lot easier when you have some of the right stuff to do it with… Enter Give To Grow!

The Humble Broad Bean is a Loyal Friend of Dunedin Gardens
The Humble Broad Bean is a Loyal Friend of Dunedin Gardens

Broad beans are ideal for Ōtepoti gardens. They are easy to grow, provide abundant yields, enrich the soil with nitrogen, and offer versatility in cooking due to their flavourful taste. They’re delicious! Just try doing anything other than boiling them!

Celebrating the Community Fruit Harvest
Celebrating the Community Fruit Harvest

It can’t all just be hard mahi…. Sometimes we have to party too!

On Saturday 28th of April., 11:00am - 2:30pm, the Community Fruit Harvest will host its annual Harvest Festival at The Valley Project in North East Valley… And there really is something to celebrate…

Foodprint App giving locals tasty deals
Foodprint App giving locals tasty deals

Cafes, restaurants and supermarkets produce 50 000 tonnes of food waste every year. An app new to Ōtepoti is trying to reduce that while giving customers some delicious deals.

Sustainability Neighbourhoods Growing Food, Friendships & Big Ideas at Otago Uni
Sustainability Neighbourhoods Growing Food, Friendships & Big Ideas at Otago Uni

‘Our neighbourhoods are an awesome opportunity to connect with like-minded, sustainable people. Residents get to be a part of making a positive impact by learning and growing collectively to then share further with other student flats’

Events Calendar

Find out about all the exciting food-related events happening every week in this awesome city.

Coming up....
NEV Community Garden Working Bee
May 12
NEV Community Garden Working Bee

Weekly on alternative Saturday mornings and Sunday afternoons. The garden welcomes people of all gardening abilities. Volunteers work on the garden for a few hours during the working bees; produce is then shared among us.

Green Island Community Garden Open/Work hours
May 14
Green Island Community Garden Open/Work hours

Open hours Tuesday 12-2pm and Saturday 10am-midday. All welcome.

Otago Farmers Market
May 18
Otago Farmers Market

At the Northern Carpark Dunedin Railway Station Every Saturday Morning (rain or shine) 8am -12:30pm.

NEV Community Garden Working Bee
May 18
NEV Community Garden Working Bee

Weekly on alternative Saturday mornings and Sunday afternoons. The garden welcomes people of all gardening abilities. Volunteers work on the garden for a few hours during the working bees; produce is then shared among us.

Green Island Community Garden Open/Work hours
May 18
Green Island Community Garden Open/Work hours

Open hours Tuesday 12-2pm and Saturday 10am-midday. All welcome.

Resources

Whether you’re starting a garden or just looking for affordable food, Dunedin is full of useful resources to help you on your food resilience journey.

Community Fruit Harvest

The Community Fruit Harvest is a nationwide, volunteer-based initiative to pick surplus fruit (and other produce) from people’s gardens.