Calling all community gardens and māra kai!

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...
Funded MSc opportunity with Soilsafe Kids!

Funded MSc opportunity with Soilsafe Kids!

We are looking for a postgraduate student to join us!   Soilsafe Kids has a domestic, fees-only Masters scholarship (to a maximum of $8,947.20 NZD) for a student interested to join our research team. The thesis would look at kids’ values of soil and what...
500 households’ soil tested

500 households’ soil tested

Hot on the heels of our 2000th sample, we can now say we’ve tested our 500th household. Thanks to all of our participants – spread the word so others can get to know their soil too.
Soilsafe has tested 2000 samples!

Soilsafe has tested 2000 samples!

We have reached the astounding figure of 2000 soil samples in 8 months of Soilsafe Aotearoa’s soil testing programme. We look forward to continuing to provide this service to the public. Keep the samples coming!
Consumer NZ piece on Soilsafe Aotearoa’s soil testing programme

Consumer NZ piece on Soilsafe Aotearoa’s soil testing programme

Thanks Consumer NZ for the article, which can be found here . We’re still able to receive soil samples in to our labs at GNS in Dunedin as usual, so wherever you are in NZ, if you’ve been thinking about getting your soil tested, send over your...