{"id":59888,"date":"2023-06-09T15:47:37","date_gmt":"2023-06-09T03:47:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/?p=59888"},"modified":"2025-06-25T01:40:00","modified_gmt":"2025-06-24T13:40:00","slug":"towards-a-food-system-that-protects-the-soil-the-water-and-the-climate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/story\/towards-a-food-system-that-protects-the-soil-the-water-and-the-climate\/","title":{"rendered":"Towards a food system that protects the soil, the water and the climate"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>What would a sustainable food system look like? Meet some of the people across Aotearoa who are using ecological farming methods* to produce healthy food for today and tomorrow.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n<p>The way our society has organised our modern food system is harming us and our environment. Industrial food production methods are degrading our ecosystems, the soil we depend on, and the biodiversity of life.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p>We know we have to do things better, and we can! So what could the future food system look like? Looking at the solutions already present, we can imagine how to shape a future of food that cares for our land, water, climate and communities.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The future of food<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n<p>Over April and May 2023 we reached out to a selection of people across Aotearoa who work across the spectrum of food production. These are people who are using ecological farming methods to produce healthy food for today and tomorrow.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p>When we got in touch we asked six simple questions:<\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>How do you describe [your project] in one sentence?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>How does it work?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>What makes it work?&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>How did it get started?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>What inspires you personally?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>When you look at the bigger picture of farming and food production in Aotearoa, what\u2019s one thing you see is needed?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p>Click through from the image below to find out how they responded!<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/greenpeace.nz\/posts\/pfbid032hzXuy4fqm3DQyMgWFzD9uLrKZU8baiX9YPru9S1nGfjB6dFuShYNpm8YMLjWw8Bl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"940\" height=\"788\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2023\/06\/d3e693f3-7.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-60066\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2023\/06\/d3e693f3-7.jpg 940w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2023\/06\/d3e693f3-7-600x503.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2023\/06\/d3e693f3-7-768x644.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2023\/06\/d3e693f3-7-406x340.jpg 406w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Mark Christensen <br><sup>Heritage Food Crops <\/sup><br><sub>Seed saving and research <\/sub><br><sub>Whanganui<\/sub><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/greenpeace.nz\/posts\/pfbid02mSxcKc1QFMud8DKcVWoT2k8b3QHb\ucfffKFiLozcDSNd3vGpvGdHP3UfzejR2m6Vl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"940\" height=\"788\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2023\/06\/c6f710e1-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-60068\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2023\/06\/c6f710e1-2.jpg 940w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2023\/06\/c6f710e1-2-600x503.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2023\/06\/c6f710e1-2-768x644.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2023\/06\/c6f710e1-2-406x340.jpg 406w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Sarah McFadden <br><sup>Kelmarna Community Gardens <\/sup><br><sub>Urban organic farm<\/sub><br><sub>Auckland<\/sub><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/greenpeace.nz\/posts\/pfbid029RKy5hbNugvHWKLwCqHSAUhTXWeNjdJFPmErN4nKoSBr1ySRJVZucftVFctQoQyul\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"940\" height=\"788\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2023\/06\/fc7e779c-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-60070\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2023\/06\/fc7e779c-1.jpg 940w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2023\/06\/fc7e779c-1-600x503.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2023\/06\/fc7e779c-1-768x644.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2023\/06\/fc7e779c-1-406x340.jpg 406w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Lisa Isherwood<br><sup>Awhi Farm <\/sup><br><sub>Healthy kai and permaculture<\/sub><br><sub>T\u016brangi<\/sub><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/greenpeace.nz\/posts\/pfbid0Uc55P98KLUHtAREMgPZ1Rd6yedDSWqL3VdNnC4JomdV3hviTKG4juQ3ZATJCxshtl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"940\" height=\"788\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2023\/06\/196815b5-5.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-60073\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2023\/06\/196815b5-5.jpg 940w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2023\/06\/196815b5-5-600x503.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2023\/06\/196815b5-5-768x644.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2023\/06\/196815b5-5-406x340.jpg 406w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Greg Hart <br><sup>Mangarara Farm<\/sup> <br><sub>Regenerative farm<\/sub><br><sub>Hawkes Bay<\/sub><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/greenpeace.nz\/posts\/pfbid052m3EWCtK3L7gdE5fKUUimHiYinK6VgsJErNJwNzkALLCxQA4rD6mNDm8MtLhdnhl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"940\" height=\"788\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2023\/06\/ab0de3f2-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-60064\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2023\/06\/ab0de3f2-3.jpg 940w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2023\/06\/ab0de3f2-3-600x503.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2023\/06\/ab0de3f2-3-768x644.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2023\/06\/ab0de3f2-3-406x340.jpg 406w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Frida Keegan<br><sup>PermaDynamics<\/sup> <br><sub>Food forestry<\/sub><br><sub>Te Tai Tokerau, Northland<\/sub><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/greenpeace.nz\/posts\/pfbid02VpQESSH1mxXEg3C9MoJWREesUcqWeLkXVDyUcrFQJgqDYNxtswgdAhdVdcB4VfcTl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"940\" height=\"788\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2023\/06\/a61f2996-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-60075\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2023\/06\/a61f2996-4.jpg 940w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2023\/06\/a61f2996-4-600x503.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2023\/06\/a61f2996-4-768x644.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2023\/06\/a61f2996-4-406x340.jpg 406w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Gemma Donaldson <br><sup>South Kaipara Good Food<\/sup><br><sub>Food rescue and education<\/sub><br><sub>Te Awaroa Hellensville<\/sub><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/greenpeace.nz\/posts\/pfbid02npgF7Vea3PktzUxxsSchALbCu2fr24JYfznMnkPsvVU3ZsFH9S924McgMsNdY2p3l\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"940\" height=\"788\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2023\/06\/863f9e0f-6.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-60077\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2023\/06\/863f9e0f-6.jpg 940w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2023\/06\/863f9e0f-6-600x503.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2023\/06\/863f9e0f-6-768x644.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2023\/06\/863f9e0f-6-406x340.jpg 406w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Yotam Kay <br><sup>P\u0101karaka Permaculture<\/sup><br><sub>Market garden and education<\/sub><sub> Coromandel<\/sub><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/greenpeace.nz\/posts\/pfbid02CZX6cydQMq8uPQmib4Gc1r8sihaMfrCxc765LrBR6vJo9qm7jmiPbS7ohagGdtwPl\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"940\" height=\"788\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2023\/07\/bac0b611-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-60520\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2023\/07\/bac0b611-1.jpg 940w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2023\/07\/bac0b611-1-600x503.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2023\/07\/bac0b611-1-768x644.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2023\/07\/bac0b611-1-406x340.jpg 406w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Te Rangikaheke Kiripatea<br><sup><mark style=\"background-color:#ffffff\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Kai Rotorua<\/mark><\/sup><br><sub>Food sovereignty and education<\/sub><br><sub>Rotorua<\/sub><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/greenpeace.nz\/posts\/pfbid0UpSXE2uhLLWuubyrQwgTpX1c2MyL8gzAWpiZSG8iDzmUtUDEmpKfoM2hA32WCJpFl\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"940\" height=\"788\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2023\/07\/e822c176-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-60522\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2023\/07\/e822c176-2.jpg 940w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2023\/07\/e822c176-2-600x503.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2023\/07\/e822c176-2-768x644.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2023\/07\/e822c176-2-406x340.jpg 406w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Michael Reynolds<br><sup><mark style=\"background-color:#ffffff\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Roimata Food Commons<\/mark><\/sup><br><sub>Urban garden and delivery<\/sub><br><sub>\u014ctautahi Christchurch<\/sub><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The bigger picture<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n<p>Looking at the bigger picture of farming and food production, here&#8217;s some of what the people we profiled told us they wanted to see:<\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>&#8220;We would love to see some government agencies running food producing centres, growing food and helping support learning for farmers. To make it as a market gardener you need a wide range of skills and there is a huge lack of teaching people how to do that.&#8221; <strong>Yotam Kay<\/strong>, P\u0101karaka Permaculture<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cWe should have a \u2018garden to kitchen\u2019 kaupapa we could roll out to all the kura across the country, with toolkits and cook books. We\u2019re a nature-based culture, so it would be awesome to focus on the future gardeners starting from kohanga reo.\u201d <strong>Lisa Isherwood<\/strong>, Awhi Farm&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cI&#8217;d love to see some systemic change that would prioritise and support more localised food supply for our people. This could massively reduce transport emissions and food waste, and it could also help level the playing field, so that it&#8217;s easier for urban and community farms to establish themselves and find a route to market for their produce.\u201d <strong>Sarah McFadden<\/strong>, Kelmarna Organic Community Gardens &amp; City Farm<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cA reverence for life. We have to apply resilient regenerative practices such as, Syntropic Agroforestry, silvopasture, natural building and holistic grazing methods to facilitate a reciprocal relationship with our landscape in a diversity of farming contexts.\u201d <strong>Frida Keegan<\/strong>, PermaDynamics<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cYou can\u2019t have regenerative agriculture without an entire regenerative society, you can\u2019t just have farmers in isolation doing their thing, it has to be part of the whole community. We\u2019re already talking about circular economies, that whole thing ties into agriculture, the whole of society could incorporate a regenerative approach. That\u2019s what I see as New Zealand\u2019s opportunity \u2013 becoming a regeneration nation.\u201d <strong>Greg Hart<\/strong>, Mangarara regenerative farm<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Connecting back to place, culture and community<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n<p>The people we interviewed are some of a movement of millions across the world who are reclaiming their food sovereignty. Through their work, through diverse small farms, education, community development and campaigns, they\u2019re helping create a food system that prioritises ecological and social wellbeing rather than big business profits.<\/p>\n\n<p>In their visions for big picture change, we sense that what\u2019s needed for ecological farming extends beyond the farm and into the food system, into society at large.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p>If small farmers are supported to upskill; if food economies are more localised; if children learn gardening within a nature connected culture; if a reverence for life guides diverse, regenerative practices on society and through society; from these seeds we can grow an ecological food system.<\/p>\n\n<p>Food, and our food system are connecting people back to place, to culture and community. Whether growing herbs on an apartment windowsill, starting an ecological farm or campaigning to transform industrial dairying in Aotearoa, we can all contribute to an abundant future of food.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Find out more: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/campaign\/future-of-food\/\">Our future of food<\/a><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td>* <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-international-stateless\/2016\/12\/b254450f-food-and-farming-vision.pdf\">Ecological farming<\/a> is a term used to describe methods that ensure healthy farming and healthy food &#8211; methods that protect the soil, the water and the climate.&nbsp;<br><br>Ecological farming does not contaminate the environment with chemical inputs or use genetically engineered crops. And it places people and farmers &#8211; consumers and producers, rather than the corporations who control our food now &#8211; at its very heart.<br><br>For Greenpeace there are seven principles&nbsp; of an ecological food system that has people at its heart: \ud83c\udf31 food sovereignty; \ud83c\udf31 benefiting farmers and rural communities; \ud83c\udf31 smart food production and yields; \ud83c\udf31 biodiversity and diverse seed systems; \ud83c\udf31 sustainable soil health and cleaner water; \ud83c\udf31 ecological pest protection; \ud83c\udf31 climate resilient food production.&nbsp;<br><br>These methods look like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/campaign\/regenerative-farming-revolution\/\">regenerative agriculture<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/story\/living-maori-sovereignty\/\">Hua Parakore<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/story\/the-state-that-proved-its-possible-to-go-100-organic\/\">organics<\/a>. From commercial farmers, to urban gardeners, to community networks, they\u2019re protecting soil, water and climate, encouraging biodiversity and supporting food sovereignty while feeding their communities.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Right now there are people across Aotearoa who are using ecological farming methods to produce healthy food for today and tomorrow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":78,"featured_media":60086,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_planet4_optimize_post_is_variant":false,"_planet4_optimize_experiment_name":"","_planet4_optimize_variant_name":"","ep_exclude_from_search":false,"p4_og_title":"Towards a food system that protects the soil, the water and the climate","p4_og_description":"What would a sustainable food system look like? 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