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Halloween Recipe: Creepy Witches Fingers

29 October 2018 at 12:47 pm

  Keen to limit your kids sugar intake this Halloween? Make these spooky treats and see if they will even dare to try them!

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Sylvie’s Back-to-School Muesli Bars

23 July 2018 at 3:03 pm

  Mention the word "school lunches" to many parents and witness an involuntary eye roll as they contemplate their daily dramas.

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Quick and easy switches for plastic free July

2 July 2018 at 10:50 am

Plastic Free July is upon us!

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Winter Gardening Guide

5 June 2018 at 10:59 am

“Growing your own food is like printing your own money.

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Brown lentil, coconut, and tomato soup

5 June 2018 at 10:43 am

The Commonsense Kitchen makes the soup for our Wellington region stores and you may have seen (or smelled or tasted! ) this delicious soup while shopping.

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Plastic-Free Bars - The Ethique-al Choice

2 May 2018 at 11:27 am

Christchurch based Ethique (pronounced Eh-tique) began life as a young, fledgling business looking to provide healthier, more sustainable soaps and shampoos to the people of New Zealand.

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Uncommon fruits and the best ways to eat them

2 May 2018 at 10:59 am

As Autumn sets in, we are reaching a time of abundance in some classic fruits – apples, pears, limes and kiwis.

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New Zealand's first national Organic Week!

18 April 2018 at 1:35 pm

Last week we celebrated New Zealand’s first National Organic Week and IT. WAS. AWESOME!

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Organic Food and Climate Change

28 March 2018 at 2:51 pm

Agriculture and climate changeThe agriculture industry occupies a unique place in the climate change debate.

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Beneficial Phytochemicals Higher in Organic Food

13 March 2018 at 11:32 am

The chemicals that plants naturally produce to protect themselves against diseases can also help to protect us from getting ill and may even assist our recovery from some diseases.

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Sunomono - Our Favourite Seaweek Recipe!

6 March 2018 at 2:23 pm

Sunomono is a traditional Japanese salad, mostly served as a refreshing side dish. It contains mostly cucumber & wakame, but you can add a variety of other ingredients.

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Our Co-founder, Jim turns 80!

5 March 2018 at 2:00 pm

On the week of his 80th birthday, we sat down with Jim Kebbell to learn more about the history of Commonsense and find out what he’s learnt from this inspiring…

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