In ages past hemp was the material from which superior rope and canvas were produced, strong and durable. In recent years we learned hemp fibre makes excellent clothing and furnishing fabrics, and more recently still, that it’s a source of quality foods. All this makes hemp useful, but Dave and Anne Jordan who run […]
Dancing Ground of the Sun, built by John Brown for his wife, Colleen, and himself, is a fantasy eco-home. The couple owned a beautiful conventional home in Te Atatu when Colleen began to get asthma so badly she couldn’t even make the bed. Her naturopath ordered carpet shampoos every month, but the carpet […]
Janine Matchitt, Viola Organics owner, and manufacturer of some of the most potent organic skincare products available on today’s market, took the business over in 2003 from her mother, Pam Blowers. Today Janine manufactures a hugely expanded range of high quality products and has recently overseen the opening of a Canadian branch in Prince George, […]
Some people lead charmed lives. Dad’s was charmed until he was six, when his father died of a brain tumour. To his last days he remembered the smell of Bakelite in the room where his father’s coffin lay, and how his mother picked him up and held him over the coffin; an experience that terrified […]
Ex- zoologist, Steve Krzystyniak, and his partner, Lily Guilford, run two small organic orchards on their 10 acre block near Helensville. One is in avocados, and the other is in mixed heirloom fruits. They also grow their own vegetables organically using lots of compost and love, and sell any surplus to friends. In season they […]
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Theresa Sjoquist
Theresa Sjoquist
