DUE TO COVID RESTRICTIONS, THIS CONFERENCE HAS BEEN POSTPONED UNTIL 2022. WE WILL KEEP YOU UPDATED.
The Boatshed, Taranaki Street Wharf, Wellington
5 November | 9:00 am - 7:00 pm
Join sector leaders in launching the Organic Sector Strategy and following discussion panels that make up this year’s 2021 Organic Regenerative Conference.
With input from over 200 organic sector stakeholders, the strategy is key to growing the $723 million sector over the next few years.
The Strategy, partially funded by MPI’s Sustainable Food and Fibre Fund, builds upon the 2020/21 Market Report and the results from the strategy roadshow which included 14 in-person and online workshops across the country.
The discussion panels following the launch event address four key issues identified through OANZ’s consultation with the sector this year.
The day wraps up with a Wine and Mingle event where delicious NZ organic wine and food will be served until 7:00 pm.
Please note: Speakers are still being confirmed. Please check back for updates.
SCHEDULE
9:00 AM
Welcome to the Launch of the Organic Sector Strategy and Organic Regenerative Conference
Members of the Organic Sector Strategy Leadership Group will take a deep dive into the strategy and the future of our sector.
Speakers include:
Lain Jagar (Chair Primary Sector Council, creator of Fit for a Better World) will discuss how this strategy fits with the overall food and fibre strategy.
Miriana Stephens (Director, Wakatū) will discuss how this strategy fits with TeTaiao and Maori initiatives in food and fibre space.
Mike Taitoko (Founder, Calm the Farm) will conclude the strategy launch.
Members from the Organic Sector Strategy Leadership Team.
11:00 AM
Panel: Maori Perspective of Organics
The affinity between Māori values and organic practices is reflective of the shared values, especially in regard to Papatūānuku (Earth Mother) and Ranginui (Sky Father). Māori organic producers recognise and practise kaitiakitanga, a culturally located, at place, form of resource stewardship that aligns closely with organic values and approaches.
The potential of Māori entities participating at all levels of the organics sectors as leaders, business owners, producers, researchers and as traditional knowledge holders has yet to be realised and there is an opportunity through stronger collaborative networking and engagement to grow diverse Māori organic economies.
Moderator: Dr Jessica Hutchings
Panellists:
Miriana Stephens, Director Wakatū Incorporation
Other speakers to be confirmed
12:00 PM
Panel: Organic 3.0: How Regenerative Agriculture and Organics Can Work Together
The need to form an international regeneration movement was inspired in part by the development of Organic 3.0 by IFOAM – Organics International. Organic 3.0 was conceived as an ongoing process of enabling organic agriculture to actively engage with social and environmental issues and been seen as a positive agent of change. It focuses on how organics and mainstream agriculture via regen agriculture can both work together to increase the Earth's sustainability.
Regenerative agriculture This panel brings regenerative and organic farmer and growers together to discuss how the two camps can work together to accelerate our impact.
Panel moderator: Erin Crampton, Calm the Farm
Panellists:
Adrian Townsend, Durham Farms
Allan Richardson, Avalon Farming
Jono Frew, Natural Performance
Rachel Short, Shortland Farms
Mike Saunders, Greystone Wines
2.15 PM
Panel: Creating a Better Understanding of New Zealand's Organic Certifiers
This panel discussion focuses on what is unique about the certifiers, the services they provide, the importance of certification here & overseas, and how they will work in the new government environment.
Moderator: Derek Broadmore
Panellists:
Donald Nordeng, BioGro
Matt Gallagher, AsureQuality
John Palmer, Organic Farms NZ (OFNZ)
Te Waka Kai Ora representative
Biodynamics representative
3:30 PM
Panel: Organics, Solving Key Environmental Issues
The panel will explore how the sector can integrate organic farming systems as part of the solution for climate change, clean rivers and other pressing problems facing our environment, into government policies. It’s important that the Sector build inroads into the government by positioning organic as a solution to policy objectives.
Panellists:
Charles Merfield, BHU
Gareth Ingram, Farmlands
Tony Dowman, Pamu Farms (TBC)
4:30 - 7:00 PM
Wine and Mingle
Thank you to our evening event organic wine sponsors.
Tickets are $75.00 + GST and include morning tea, lunch, and the Wine and Mingle event.
Tickets are available first-come, first-serve. Please be advised that the number of attendees will be dependent on the current Covid Alert Level in Wellington.
We hope that we will move from the current Alert Level 2, which allows for a max of 100 people, to Level 1 which will allow for 150 attendees.
Thank you to our event refreshment sponsors, Karma Drinks and IncaFé Organic Coffee.