The Waiheke Harvest initiative aims to actively build resilience into our local food system, through making better use of the fruit tree resources we have on the island.
The vision is of cycling harvests through the seasons, gathering, processing and distributing fruit that would otherwise fall to the ground and left to rot. The first event was The Great Waiheke plum Drive, and it was a huge success – see pictures and video.
The goal is to make valuable contributions to the food needs of the island’s population.
All activities described or promoted here, will be run as social enterprises, rewarding the people who contribute time, goods or services to them.
Social enterprises are social mission driven organizations which apply market-based strategies to achieve a social purpose. The movement includes both non-profits that use business models to pursue their mission and for-profits whose primary purposes are social. Their aim – to accomplish targets that are social and or environmental as well as financial – is often referred to as the triple bottom line. Many commercial businesses would consider themselves to have social objectives, but social enterprises are distinctive because their social or environmental purpose remains central to their operation.
For more information, contact James Samuel
09 372 8737
0274 372 082
waihekeharvest@gmail.com
