We fund groups who encourage one or more of our vision statements:

• Increased availability, promotion, or utilisation of local healthy food to increase health and wellbeing (oranga).

• Increased self-sufficiency and community resilience (rangatiratanga).

• The sharing of food and gardening knowledge, including customary techniques (kaitiakitanga and mātauranga).

• Community cooperation and connection and benefits for the wider community (whanaungatanga).

• Increased regional economic development and local employment opportunities.

• Environmental sustainability and stewardship (kaitiakitanga).

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We favour projects that are in line with our priorities:

•  Whanaketanga: Engage multiple partners and strengthen cooperation and regional development.

•  Promote Equity: Prioritise lower socio-economic communities (and in particular children), or people with food security and accessibility issues.

•  Whakapapa: Strenghthen whānau, hapu, iwi and Māori communities.

• Sustainable: We will prioritise projects that show they can sustain their work and impact beyond the initial grant.