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21/04/2025

Vegetables NZ is proud to support https://eatucation.co.nz/ on its mission to ensure every Kiwi kid leaves school food literate!

EATucation gives learners a food literacy pathway from ECE to NCEA. It provides schools with ready-made teaching resources that give teachers the gift of time and learners a life-long connection to food.

EATucation's resources also meet the requirements for teaching literacy and numeracy. If you want your tamariki to get the best food education around, contact your school principal and ask if they have considered EATucation.

Together, we can nourish our tamariki and see them flourish! Give our future generations the gift of food, join the EATucation movement TODAY!

18/03/2025

5+ A Day, like vegetables.co.nz, is encouraging New Zealanders to eat more vegetables (and fruit) so they can enjoy better health. We would like to see New Zealand take a similar approach to the one being taken in Australia, where government and industry have partnered to encourage Australians to add one more serving of vegetables. What do people think?

https://5aday.co.nz/news/news/new-zealanders-urged-to-eat-more-fruit-and-veggies-to-combat-aging-populations-health-strain-and-save-taxpayers-millions

5+ A Day is a Charitable Trust (formed in 2007) that encourages all Kiwis to eat five or more servings of colourful, fresh vegetables and two servings of…

13/02/2025

Vegetables NZ and HortNZ have clubbed together to remind the Government that decisions need to be made about the future of vegetable growing in New Zealand right now. These decisions can't wait and what is decided in the current round of RMA reform will have impact until 2030.

Read the full story here:

Making it easier to grow vegetables critical for New Zealand 13 February 2025 New Zealand’s ability to provide fresh, healthy vegetables for future generations is at risk unless the Government makes growing them a permitted activity. “Without urgent changes in resource management reform, we risk...

05/12/2024

Vegetables.co.nz is pleased to announce its new partnership with social enterprise, EATucation.

EATucation provides early childhood, primary, and secondary school teachers with ready-made resources that build students’ food literacy at every stage of their education journey. It was founded by Matt Robinson (pictured).

‘Our new partnership with EATucation complements what we are doing through the Add One More Vegetable initiative to increase vegetable consumption,’ says Vegetables NZ Chair, John Murphy.

‘EATucation’s programme will improve children's attitudes towards vegetables and drive better health outcomes throughout their lives.’

Find out more about EATucation here: https://eatucation.co.nz/

28/09/2024

Happy World Heart Day! Feel empowered to treat your body right.

27/09/2024

Take a look at this masterpiece! fresh and full of flavour :)

23/09/2024

Take a look at these exquisite parsnip entrées developed by our young talent at the recent National Secondary Schools Culinary Challenge. It is always such an inspiration to see the level of care and creativity that goes into preparing and presenting these veg-focused entrées. A well deserved congratulations to the two winners from Epsom Girls Grammar School.

20/09/2024

The Greek country (salad) is calling your name...indulge in its deliciousness right from your dinner table.

15/09/2024

There is never a shortage of onion inspo here at vegetables.co.nz. Excellent on their own or used as a flavour enhancing base.

13/09/2024

It's spring time, but that doesn't mean we have to stop enjoying those rich, hearty, winter-like meals!

10/09/2024

Isn't parsnip such a treat? Sit back, relax and enjoy all the wonderful ways you can combine parsnip into your meals!

08/09/2024

Did you know? Well now you do! Comment your best 'anti-crying onion chopping technique' below... 😅