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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.

OFN recognises that the philosophical, economic, and political motives for localising food production in Dunedin are diverse and is working to genuinely acknowledge these individual differences as collective strength.

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Unity needed for “Food Resilient Future”
Unity needed for “Food Resilient Future”

Check out this article in The Star highlighting our upcoming hui!

Unity needed for ‘food resilient future’ | Otago Daily Times Online News

Blog 1 “Food Waste Wednesday”
Blog 1 “Food Waste Wednesday”

Our chairperson, Robyn Zink, recently attended the Food Waste Summit organised by WasteMinz and NZ Food Waste Champions 12.3.

To summarise the proceedings, we are going to do a series of blogs that give some more detail about the material covered and where you can find out more!

Dunedin Vegetable Growers Newsletter
Dunedin Vegetable Growers Newsletter

Dunedin Vegetable Growers Club Newsletter, OUT NOW!

Job Opportunity! Community Fruit Harvest Coordinator
Job Opportunity! Community Fruit Harvest Coordinator

Are you our next Otepoti Community Fruit Harvest Coordinator?

We are looking for someone who’s passionate about community access to healthy kai and is keen to work with volunteers and householders, to pick and distribute surplus fruit.

Key tasks are recruiting and coordinating volunteers, liaison with householders and food distribution groups, and supporting Harvest festival event planning.

This contract position is from 2nd December to 30th April 2025. Averaging 15 hours per week but does need to be flexible over the season.

You’ll be supported by OFN and Valley Project staff.

Contact vpmanager@northeastvalley.org for more information or to apply.

Closing date for applications Friday 8th at 5pm.

Permaculture - Resilience by Design Workshop
Permaculture - Resilience by Design Workshop

9th November 1.00pm - 5.00pm $80.00

An Introductory Course taught at a Port Chalmers garden in the early stages of permaculture development. We will begin with some theory - introducing and playing with the philosophy, ethics and principals of Permaculture - to get a feel for what Permaculture is: an innovative design framework for designing resilient human-scale systems in harmony with nature - the scope of which is limited only by your imagination!

For further details and bookings come on over to https://www.organicsunearthed.com/workshops

Coming up....
Give To Grow: Tool Refurbishment Working Bee
Nov 9
Give To Grow: Tool Refurbishment Working Bee

On the second Saturday of each month, we run a tool refurbishment working bee from 11am-2pm, in order to get tools in a good working order before they are distributed to new owners. Everyone welcome!

Permaculture - Resilience by Design Workshop.
Nov 9
Permaculture - Resilience by Design Workshop.

https://www.organicsunearthed.com/workshops

If you are keen to learn about the creative and integrated Permaculture approach to growing; want to gain a hands-on understanding of the No-Dig (and instant garden) technique; prepare and plant the first stage of a Food Forest, then join me in early November at a new urban permaculture garden in Port Chalmers.

Organics Unearthed - Composting Made Easy. Ocean Grove
Nov 10
Organics Unearthed - Composting Made Easy. Ocean Grove

FREE Composting Made Easy Workshop, November 10. Ocean Grove. THIS WORKSHOP IS PROUDLY SUPPORTED BY THE DCC.

A mix of theory, discussion and great hands-on experience building a large hot compost heap together. We will also cover the set-up and management of a Worm Farm and Bokashi Bucket - smaller, simple systems for dealing with food wastes.

Shetland Street Community Garden Working Session
Nov 12
Shetland Street Community Garden Working Session

Regular work sessions on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10am till 3pm all year round. All welcome.

Shetland Street Community Garden Working Session
Nov 14
Shetland Street Community Garden Working Session

Regular work sessions on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10am till 3pm all year round. All welcome.

Ōtepoti Food Futures: Strengthening Dunedin’s Local Food Systems
Nov 16
Ōtepoti Food Futures: Strengthening Dunedin’s Local Food Systems

Ōtepoti Food Futures is an open, city-wide food Hui that will take place on 16th of November, 2024. Coordinated by Our Food Network (OFN), this multifaceted, full-day event will see people from all sectors collaborating to map out the changes needed to establish Ōtepoti as a food resilience pioneer in Aotearoa in the coming years.

Musselburgh Garden Working Bee
Nov 16
Musselburgh Garden Working Bee

All are welcome! The garden is jointly set up by Musselburgh School and Dunedin Multicultural Council. Working bees are held every 1st and 3rd Saturday of the month, 10-12pm

Events Calendar

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

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.

Resources

Community Fruit Harvest

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