About Us

A Living Laboratory of Regenerative Farming

MANGAROA FARMS

Mangaroa Farms is a community food hub and resilience education centre located in Te Awa Kairangi, the Hutt Valley water catchment, Upper Hutt, Wellington. As a registered nonprofit company, Mangaroa Farms is proud to be part of the Biome Trust.

Our Focus

  • Volunteer Days & Education Opportunities

    Mangaroa Farms regularly hosts volunteer days and workshops to share the broad knowledge base of our team. Through workshops & events, we aim to increase local knowledge & connection to food systems, whilst planting native trees on mass, and promoting the application of regenerative agriculture.

  • Cultivating a Resilient Community Food Hub

    Through building healthy soil & microbial systems, our market garden team produces a weekly array of fresh & delicious produce, grown with organic principles, available to order online or pickup at our Honesty fridge, in our efforts to increase localised food production.

  • Forest & River Conservation

    The Mangaroa river is the lifeblood of our regeneration project, providing life to the forests, bird/aquatic life, and the surrounding farm area. Our farm backs on to 500+ acres of native old growth forest, neighboured by 700+ acres of pine which will be regenerated as a native forest over the next 2-5 years.

  • Regenerative Grazing & Soil Health

    Working alongside nature and partnering with livestock, our team of pasture raised cows and sheep provide rich fertilizer for increasing the health & diversity of our largest underground livestock - the soil mycelium network. Raising our cattle happily in a stress-free environment means we are able to generate high-quality, nutrient dense kai for our local community.

Our Team

Cultivating an eco-cultural landscape with a wide range of projects, people, and skills keeps our approach diverse, and our feet grounded in the soil. Here's some of our community who are contributing to our mission.

  • Jules Matthews

  • Chris Upton

  • Olivia Sullivan

  • Murray Pilcher

  • Graedon Parker

  • Raelene Millar

  • Amy Webber

  • Tyler Langerveld

  • Cam Dixon

  • Tamsin Kaufman

  • Brooke Millar

  • Jan Hania

  • Casey McNeil

  • Gavin Simmonds

  • Paul Neilson

  • Carlos Reigel

Mangaroa Farms was established through a gift from the Monahan family in 2018.

  • Matthew Monahan

  • Brian Monahan

  • Catlin Powers

  • Neci Monahan

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