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Almost 3 years ago, in collaboration with a group of talented wāhine, OM planted our first hemp farm 🌱 In the warm, Rotorua soils, we first cleared the fertile whānau land of weeds, and levelled it out, ready to be dug and mixed with organic fertilizers and minerals. After we sent our initial soil tests to the lab, with a...

Peruvian Maca – what is it? Maca root (Lepidium meyenii) is a cruciferous plant that has been used for centuries by the Incan people of Peru for its therapeutic properties. Known as an adaptogen maca helps the body better respond and adapt to stress to return balance to natural hormonal function. It provides strength and resilience to the nervous system...

There is no more time for business as usual. Around the world, humanity is entering a chrysalis. An initiation. A metamorphosis, a deep change in society as we know it, into a new kind of civilization. As a company, a business with core values of wellbeing, we have had to make some responsible calls. How can we best adapt to...

Stoked to have our NZ Grown Seed stocked at IE Produce Takapuna 🙌🏽🌿💚 Joyce is leading the way with retail and BioGro NZ organic health foods in Aotearoa and we’re blessed to have been working with her and her team over the past 5 years 🍓 www.ieproduce.co.nz

Committed to NZ Grown - OM Hemp Seeds can be added to almost every meal as a high protein/omega superfood. Add to smoothies, muesli, on toast, in salads, or even as a garnish over dinner. Organic Mechanic has grown hemp for the last two seasons, and this plant of so many uses has always been close to our hearts. Grab...

When I think about the damage that alcohol has caused in our society... How many cases of heart disease and liver toxicity directly attributed to alcohol consumption have ended lives... How many acts of violence, idiotic behaviour and bad decisions have been made under its influence... How our streets can be visually polluted with advertising from giant alcohol companies glorifying...

Committed to NZ Grown - OM Hemp Seeds can be added to almost every meal as a high protein/omega superfood. Add to smoothies, muesli, on toast, in salads, or even as a garnish over dinner. Organic Mechanic has grown hemp for the last two seasons, and this plant of so many uses has always been close to our hearts. Visit...

Henry Ford once said “Why use up the forests which were centuries in the making and the mines which required ages to lay down, if we can get the equivalent of forest and mineral products in the annual growth of the hemp fields?” Not only is hemp a fantastic sustainable resource for products such as paper, clothing, textiles, homes, and...