Event Details: Climb aboard the Food Resilience Tour Bus for a full day of discovery, connection, and learning as we journey through the Upper Clutha to explore what it really takes to build a thriving local food system. Purchase a Food Resilience Pass to attend.
Join us for a full-day journey into the heart of local food resilience. We’ll visit three inspiring producers — Grow Wānaka Community Garden, Frog Song Farm, and Red Bridge Farm — where you’ll tour their sites, hear their stories, and learn from initiatives like Garden to Table, the Southern Lakes Kai Collective, and community champion Janice Lee.
Along the way, we will unpack the three key shifts needed to secure our food future:
Changing mindsets through education,
Driving change through policy,
Growing the growers to boost local production.
Your day begins with morning coffee and includes a delicious Fox & Badger Catering lunch. The experience continues into the evening with Feeding the Future, a thought-provoking panel kōrero, and also includes access to Saturday’s Slow the Flow event with Ella Lawton.
Included in your pass: Daytime tour and bus transport, morning coffee, lunch, Feeding the Future evening session, and Slow the Flow on Saturday.
Lunch is kindly sponsored by our partner organisation Community Link.
Friday Programme: 9am–4pm Day Tour | 5–7pm Evening Kōrero
TOUR SCHEDULE
9.00am Meet at Grōw Wānaka Community Garden, Outlet Wānaka
Welcome by Monique Kelly (Wao) and morning tea
Visit 1 - Grōw Wānaka, with Emberly Wetherall
- Travel by bus/car to next stop -
Visit 2 - Frog Song Farm - Queensberry, with Lisa Johnston
12.45pm - Lunch catered by Fox & Badger Catering - sponsored by Community Link
- Travel by bus/car to next stop -
Visit 3 - Red Bridge Farm - Luggate, with Bex and Ben Trotter
- Travel by bus/car to next stop -
Garden to Table Initiative - presentation by Skye Macfarlane and Nicky Gray
Closing reflections from community leader Janice Lee
Closing of the day tour by Monique Kelly (Wao)
4.00pm End of the Food Resilience Day Tour
Please note that event times and speakers are subject to change. Ticket holders will be informed of any updates by email.
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5.00pm Make your own way to the evening Kōrero Feeding the Future at the Community Hub
Cost: Purchase a Food Resilience Pass to attend. This tour is also included in the Better Summit Pass.
