Northland Naturals (Matt Stanley)
About
Northland Naturals, led by Matt Stanley, is a family-owned organic grower on Vinegar Hill, north of Whangarei, offering seasonal vegetables, microgreens, pastured eggs, and developing artisanal pickles and pestos.
Their Story
Matt Stanley and his family moved to New Zealand from Canada in 2010 with the aspiration of building a new life from the ground up. In 2012, they acquired 11 acres atop Vinegar Hill, just north of Whangarei. The land was initially barren, primarily consisting of kaikuyu paddocks and gorse. Matt, an…
What They Make
- Microgreens (soil-grown, including sunflower shoots, radish mix, 'famous micro salad')
- Vegetables (seasonal, field and greenhouse-grown, e.g., Telegraph cucumbers, Lebanese cucumbers, slicer cucumbers, green beans, cocktail tomatoes, Kamokamo, parsnips, beetroot bunches, white daikon radish, black daikon, turnips, rainbow carrots)
- Mushrooms
- Fruits (seasonal, e.g., Feijoas, chestnuts, fruit and nut tree crops)
- Organic pastured eggs (from mixed flocks of chickens and ducks, laying white, brown, blue, and green eggs)
- Home Processed Goods (coming soon/currently being developed, including pestos, pickled vegetables like cucumbers, gherkins, carrots, radishes, garlic; kimchi like cabbage, cucumber; fermented salsas; samples include 'Salty Pickle' and 'Kim-chi pickle')
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How to Get Their Products
Direct Sales
71 Lauries Drive, Kauri, Kamo, 0185, New Zealand
["Pickup from farmgate stall in Kauri (Wednesdays and Saturdays evenings)","Pickup from Whangarei Growers' Market (Saturdays)","Community-Supported Agriculture (CSA) program (currently on hold)"]