Updates
Keep up to date with the latest Soilsafe news.
Here we post the most exciting and latest news from the programme so you can get to know us better and keep up with our progress.
Harvestsafe results: Caring for our community gardens and māra
Now that Moss has communicated results back to all of the community gardens and māra that have been part of the Harvestsafe study, we can communicate the results to the public. We know that community gardens are important contributors to food security, public...
Soil is much more than just a dirty word
"Soil provides the food we eat, the clean water we drink, and the stable land we build upon – yet national stock takes suggest its health is under serious strain" - this is the opening line from Jamie Morton's latest piece in Newsroom, which covers our work at...
6000 samples! Thank you to our participants!
This month we received our 6000th soil sample for screening! We've now returned 6074 sample results to 1313 households! THANK YOU to everyone who has taken part and spread the word so that we might better know our soil, and think a bit more about why it's so...
Introducing Nicole!
We're delighted to introduce you to Nicole! She recently joined our team as our new pXRF technician. She is also doing a PhD in Environmental Science looking at tara iti, Aotearoa’s most endangered bird species. She's an outdoorsy sort, and is particularly proud of...
2024 Soilsafe Aotearoa Activity and Impact Report
In 2024 we've been working up a new project based on a pilot we ran in 2022 - this year we introduced the fully-fledged Harvestsafe Aotearoa! This 1-year project has been working alongside 50 māra kai and community gardens in Aotearoa to get a sense of soil...
Calling all community gardens and māra kai!
Here is a project that we think you'll be interested in - introducing Harvestsafe Aotearoa! Harvestsafe is a limited-term research project on community garden and māra kai soil in Aotearoa New Zealand. Māra/gardens can join the research as community-scientists, and...