Country Calendar - TVNZ
Recently, Mingiroa Farm featured on the iconic all things rural show Country Calendar. Check out the episode “Back to Future” on TVNZ on demand, by clicking on the link below. Meet the family and the team, watch the cows and the vegetables working together, and learn more about our story. It was amazing to hear feedback from people who believe in our approach of farming with nature, for the future.
Family Farm Heads in New Direction - Stuff.co.nz
Stuff.co.nz talks to Sam about the and taking the land back to basics with organic and regenerative farming principles.
“The health of the cows has improved dramatically, the happiness of the cows has improved dramatically. We’re seeing improvements in our soils as well, which is awesome. They can handle more water and they’re holding on a bit longer. They have a lot more resilience.”
Mingiroa Farm - Calm the Farm
A recent spotlight video talking to Sam and Tess of Mingiroa Farm about why we’ve adopted regenerative and organic practices into the way we run our farm.
“We as farmers have a huge responsibility. Farming is essentially the cornerstone of any civilization, so how we manage our soils is part of a solution for so many things.”
Regeneration - New Zealand Geographic
New Zealand Geographic’s cover story (featuring Mingiroa Farm) explores regenerative agriculture and the role it could play in reversing climate change, freshwater pollution, soil erosion, drought and improving mental health.
“Soil is the new frontier. There is so little we actually understand about it, so you really feel like you’re at the cutting edge of things.”
Digging Deeper - Calm the Farm
The story of Mingiroa Farm and four other regenerative family farms in Aotearoa New Zealand, as part of Calm the Farm’s ‘Digging Deeper’ series.
“It might challenge the way you always thought things were, but that’s actually an exciting thing. As farmers, we’ve now got the tools to have more profitable farming systems, better environmental outcomes and happier customers that are starting to ask questions about how we produce our food”
Potatoes as Part of a Regenerative Farm - HorticultureNZ
Recently, we had the Horticulture NZ team on farm to check out our zero input potatoes, and to learn more about regenerative farming and how we can grow nutritious healthy food without chemicals in our closed loop system.