We are continuing in our growth phase of the Kai Resilience Project.

We define kai resilience to mean a food system that is: 

• Disaster proof - to have resilience in the face of natural, medical and political disasters. 

• Beneficial to the local economy - to support our growers and producers financially.  

• Beneficial for health and wellbeing - both for humans, and for the environment (keeping healthy waterways, biodiversity and soils) now and in the future.

• A part of community - so that all can access food through sharing/trading, utilizing our abundance and fantastic resources.  

• Accessible for all - to support vulnerable people and those in need.

 A hui was held in September 2024 with lots of initiatives suggested. We are slowly working away at making sure these are appropriate and sustainable for our community. 

We are currently working with HealthPost to create a food storage shed at The Sustainable Living Centre. Colin Minney has been upcycling donated materials and using low-impact materials such as wool insulation to create our food storage area. This will allow us better to preserve our abundance of regeneratively grown produce. 

People's Pantry events are planned for February onwards. These events collect abundance at the time, bring people together to learn preserving skills and share it to the community. When all the preserves are made a third is given to the helping hands that made them, a third is given to the Mohua Social Services Foodbank, and a third is given to the Sustainable Living Centre for use in their fundraisers. 

Collaboratively we are working to map Mohua's abundance, to allow us to better connect food to the people that need it. We will keep you informed as we go.