Waiheke CSA

Welcome to the Waiheke Island CSA website!

This homepage is the place to come for latest news but first here are a few useful links to direct you where you might need to go first.

“What is a CSA?”

“Tell me about the Waiheke CSA model! How will it work?”

“I want to join up to be a subscriber [...]

Public meeting: Tuesday, 24 August at 7pm at the Continuing Education Centre seminar room (Donald Bruce Road)

The current “season” of the Waiheke CSA ends on 31 August. We begin the Spring-Summer Season on 1 September and eagerly invite you to join us.

There will be some changes to our operating structure, our volunteering and the levels [...]

July 22, 2010: Update

Te Matuku:

Three cheers (or more if you feel inclined) – the bunny problem is under control and the plants chewed by them previously are recovering strongly. So thanks to all who have been there – entering and leaving via the door - the system is working.

The [...]

June 2010: Update

MEMBERS’ MEETING: FEASIBILITY OUTCOMES

A members’ meeting was held on May 31 which looked at lessons learned and the way forward for the Waiheke CSA.

Take a look at single page of outcomes and future plans for the next year or so.

TE MATUKU UPDATE: A WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY OPENS

At Te Matuku [...]

May 2010: Update

PUTIKI ROAD SITE DEVELOPMENT, May 12:

Following a CSA Management committee meeting on 29 April, Rob and Graeme looked at the 10 Putiki Road site to decide what needed to be done to get it ready for planting and to plan an access pathway from the road.

The site is able to be [...]

April 6 2010: NEWSLETTER #5:

1. Feasibility study update:

Click here for an update from Jennifer Fountain on the progress of the feasibility study.

2. Pumpkin Harvest Day, Saturday April 10:

Pumpkins are ready so come and pick your own!

Harvest, sausage BBQ and mingle with fellow CSA crazies.

Saturday April [...]

MARCH 7 2010: NEWSLETTER #4:

Apologies for such a long delay since the last website update but hopefully Sue Connor’s informative emails to subscribers throughout February have kept everyone in the loop!

Two main things to cover here:

1. CROP UPDATE AND HARVEST TOTALS TO DATE:

As at March 1, 2010 the amount of food to come out [...]

JANUARY 17 2010: NEWSLETTER #3:

Hurray, we’ve all been eating some CSA produce for a wee while now! Time to take a moment to reflect on the success of a number of Waiheke families eating unsprayed island-grown nutrient-dense organic produce that hasn’t travelled halfway round the world (or at least around New Zealand), all from a [...]

DECEMBER 3 (PLUS UPDATED DECEMBER 15), 2009: NEWSLETTER #2:

1. PLANTING DAY AND OTHER GROWING INFO: For pics go to the gallery or look below! On Friday 13th November, 23 volunteers and friends joined our grower, Claire Mummery, to plant out Waiheke CSA’s first crop of vegetables.

Corn, beans, courgettes, cucumbers, beetroot, pumpkins, kumi kumi, potatoes and kumara were [...]

NOVEMBER 18, 2009: CROPS IN THE GROUND!

First planting at Te Matuku Bay

On lucky Friday, November 13th, our very first crops went into the ground.  Twenty-three members and supporters turned up to help plant out the corn, beans, beetroot, potatoes, kumara, pumpkin, kumi kimi, cucumber, and courgettes in a companionable afternoon session.