The Common Unity Grow Kit.
Our fundalentils of growing a plant powered community.
In our 10th year of growing food in Te Awa Kairangi, Common Unity offers our `Grow kit` out to the world as a gift of the possibility of food sovereignty and change.
What is the Grow Kit
The Common Unity Grow Kit is an open sourced toolkit, built collaboratively with our community of staff, learners and regulators. it is designed to assist any group or organisation to establish a neighbourhood food hub in Aotearoa. Templates and our own food safety processes are shared openly and freely. this kit focuses on food production and growing.
Growkit Topics
Over the course of this grow kit, you will learn how to run a food hub. The topics we cover include:
Our operating model
How to fund your urban kai farm
Land
Staff and volunteers
Governance
How to administrate your project
Planting
How to rethink waste
The importance of food safety
At the end of this course, you will have a good idea of what an urban farm looks like, what an urban farmer can accomplish, and what you need to start an urban kai farm.
We’ve included downloadable checklists and additional resources to help you on your journey.
Ngā mihi nui
We thank MSD, Todd Foundation, Wellington Community Trust and JR McKenzie in the funding of this toolkit.
We thank Mitch Alison and Mel Jonassen for shaping this into the beauty that it is.
We deeply acknowledge all those who have contributed and learned with us from our Common Unity whānau.
May Every Child have a Village of abundance and kindness.
Like-minded Organisations
We’ve put together a map of like-minded organisations.
If you’d like your project to be added, let us know!
Please note: Some pins represent the area of operation, not the exact physical location.