Bay Harbour: January 30, 2019

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ADverTOrIAL
Sustainability key
to organic farming
There’s something for
everyone in the realm of
organic farming but as far
as Bill Martin is concerned,
it’s all about sustainability.
The Training College
Manager at Lincoln
University’s Biological
Husbandry Unit Organics
Trust (BHU) is happy to see
a surge in enthusiasm for
organic food production
as younger generations
become more aware of
environmental concerns.
He says the growing
popularity of organic
production in recent years
means that graduates are
now taking what they have
learned into a broader
range of sectors.
“It’s not just about
growing, wholesaling
and retailing food anymore. They’re
going into schools and teaching primary
and secondary schoolers about the
importance of sustainable farming and
gardening and really starting to embed the
philosophy into the education system.”
As far as conventional agricultural
practices are concerned, he says farmers
should be encouraged to optimise their
production, rather than maximise it at the
expense of the environment.
“We need to change our agricultural
paradigm and re-evaluate our priorities.”
Mr Martin says those interested in a
career in organics should enrol in the
one-year Diploma in Agri-Food Production
course, which is open to students either
with or without university entrance.
Introduced last year, it includes Tikanga
and Mahinga Kai components and can
lead to employment in organic primary
production or other sectors related
to organics, especially education and
hospitality.
“The course offers a good grounding
in the principles of organic agriculture,
teaching the philosophies and histories
of organics and providing practical
knowledge of how they are applied,” Mr
Martin says.
Apply now for the Diploma in Organic
Agri-Food Production and begin studying
in February 2019.
Grow a career
in organics
Lincoln University’s Diploma in Organic Agri-Food Production will prepare
you for work in the organic sector or your own garden or smallholdings. It’s
a full-time, one-year programme that covers the theory and practice behind
contemporary organic agri-food production.
Join us in February to find out what growing organically on an agricultural
scale really means.
Learn more at www.lincoln.ac.nz or call 0800 10 60 10.
News
Freedom campers at
reserve frustrate residents
• By Louis Day
DIAMOND HARBOUR
residents are calling for
tighter freedom camping
restrictions at Stoddart
Point Reserve.
Residents have been
frustrated by freedom
campers throwing their
rubbish on the ground only
a few metres away from
empty bins. Congestion
at the reserve means it is
also difficult to find a car
park in the morning before
commuters catch the ferry
to work.
Freedom campers are
currently restricted to staying
for up to two nights in
any 30-day period in certified
self-contained vehicles.
However, Diamond
Harbour Community
Association chairman
Richard Suggate said the
current restrictions were
not enough.
“That area is not big
enough to cope with those
sort of numbers. A few
years ago it wasn’t a problem
but now the numbers
are too high.”
Diamond Harbour resident
Cheryl Glen said she
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had grown more and more
frustrated after continuing
to see rubbish left on the reserve
by freedom campers.
“There were times where
the bins would be empty
and there would still be
rubbish left on the ground.”
Ms Glen said the number
of freedom campers at
the reserve often made it
impossible for her to find
a park before catching the
ferry to work.
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“Most mornings I can’t
find a park, where are we
meant to park to go to
catch the ferry and go to
work?”
City council head of
strategic policy Emma
Davis said the Freedom
Camping Bylaw was due
for its full five-year review
in 2020 and that city
council was unlikely to
make any changes before
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