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Team Outing

Team Outing

At the end of every year, after all the hard work, we take the young team out for a change of sce...
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Our New Field 🌱

Our New Field 🌱

As you may recall, we’re preparing a new field for this season. Over the last few weeks, we were ...
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Live2Give Onion Update

Live2Give Onion Update

We’re very pleased with the progress of our onions! To ensure top quality and good storage proper...
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Quality Mulch

Quality Mulch

Despite the very wet start to spring, we’re making the most of every dry day to prepare the beds ...
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Spring Garlic – Fresh from our Farm

Spring Garlic – Fresh from our Farm

Have you ever tried spring garlic? It’s a seasonal favourite - milder and sweeter than regular ga...
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Massey University Trial Update 🔍

Massey University Trial Update 🔍

The cover crops have grown beautifully in the Massey trial! As you may remember, the research foc...
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Sowing Time Again!

Sowing Time Again!

It’s that time of year again, folks! We’ve been busy sowing Butternut, Crown, Hokkaido, Yumeroman...
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Don't Kill them + Feed them = Abundance of Earthworms 🪱

Don't Kill them + Feed them = Abundance of Earthworms 🪱

You might remember this field from our abundant cabbage harvests this year. After the final pick,...
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Onions are in the Ground!

Onions are in the Ground!

We’re very grateful for the two-week stretch without rain! It gave us the perfect window to prepa...
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Local Spray-Free Oyster Mushrooms

Local Spray-Free Oyster Mushrooms

Our neighbours Robert (in the photo) and Rebecca, just a couple of doors down from our farm in Ao...
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Our Organic Lettuce is Back!

Our Organic Lettuce is Back!

We’re excited that our delicious, tender, organic Oakleaf Green Lettuce is ready for harvest agai...
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Living Soil 🪱🪱🪱

Living Soil 🪱🪱🪱

As we mentioned last week, our large winter batch of organic cabbage has now been harvested. It w...
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Cold Season, Cabbage Season

Cold Season, Cabbage Season

We are super grateful for an abundant cabbage harvest this year. We've had fun filling crates and...
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A New Field

A New Field

We're busy preparing for the new growing season and are excited about another 5.5 acres in conver...
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Massey Cover Crop Research Update 🌱

Massey Cover Crop Research Update 🌱

You might remember that back in April, we shared about collaborating with a PhD student - mentore...
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New Zealand Onions 🧅

New Zealand Onions 🧅

It’s that time of year again - we’re starting to run low on New Zealand onions. But don’t worry -...
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Winter Broccoli

Winter Broccoli

We’re happy to still have some fresh winter Live2Give broccoli available for you! 🥶💚 Perfect for ...
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Taking Soil Samples

Taking Soil Samples

We regularly collect soil samples in our research area to monitor nitrate levels and enhance soil...
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Sunday Harvest

Sunday Harvest

We’re out in the fields today, harvesting fresh, nutrient-dense organic veggies for your boxes.Lo...
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Our Curly Kale

Our Curly Kale

Our nutritious, organic curly kale has been very popular.🌿 It's a great versatile superfood for w...
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Winter is Here!

Winter is Here!

Winter has definitely arrived. We felt it this morning while harvesting the leeks — cold and cris...
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At our Farm...Behind the Scenes

At our Farm...Behind the Scenes

Visual Soil Assessment & Aggregate StabilityHealthy soil is the foundation of productive farm...
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Delicious Organic Live2Give Celery

Delicious Organic Live2Give Celery

🌿 Take a peek at our celery field on a perfect sunny harvest day! 🌞🌞🌞Our organic celery is bursti...
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Team Road Trips

Team Road Trips

We love visiting other vegetable growers, and whenever the opportunity arises, we seize it! Two w...
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Good Morning from Live2Give Farm! ☀️🌻☀️

Good Morning from Live2Give Farm! ☀️🌻☀️

It’s a beautiful sunny morning here at our farm, and we’re excited to be out in the fields, harve...
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Live2Give Farm Autumn Update

Live2Give Farm Autumn Update

As we head into winter, we're busy planting the last of the broccoli for early spring harvest and...
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Field Day for Professional Farmers

Field Day for Professional Farmers

Last Thursday we enjoyed a lively exchange with like-minded farmers and researchers during our an...
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Collaborative Research with Massey

Collaborative Research with Massey

We’re excited to be working with a PhD student, mentored by Massey University, who has been award...
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Cavolo Nero is back!

Cavolo Nero is back!

☀️ We love sunny, autumn mornings on the farm! We’re super happy that this beautiful organic Cavo...
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Pumpkin Harvest 2025

Pumpkin Harvest 2025

We wrapped up our pumpkin harvest last week, and the storeroom’s looking full and beautiful. All ...
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Organic Live2Give Wong Bok is Back!

Organic Live2Give Wong Bok is Back!

Super fresh, dense, organic Wong Bok is back! Perfect for stir-fries, dumplings, spring rolls or ...
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Live2Give Pumpkin Selection

Live2Give Pumpkin Selection

We have delicious Hokkaido, Crown and Buttercup - all straight from our organic farm. And the But...
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Ready for Planting

Ready for Planting

Enjoying a special evening light at the farm. All the mulch spreading is done and the ground is r...
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More Plants are in the Ground!

More Plants are in the Ground!

We’re making the most of the last warm days by getting as many plants in the ground as possible! ...
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Planting & Irrigating

Planting & Irrigating

Our transplanter comes with its own irrigation, watering the seedlings right after they have been...
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Mulch and Temperature Regulation

Mulch and Temperature Regulation

In our trial we are currently comparing leeks grown with and without organic mulch. Last week we ...
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