It’s been a momentous year for the Commonsense team, who just last week celebrated their 30th Birthday! An incredible milestone with tribute to the dedicated efforts of founders Jim Kebbell and Marion Wood, who earlier this year were jointly awarded the NZ Order of Merit
In the mid-seventies a veritable seed was planted, a vision to create a market garden known as ‘Common Property’ able to grow organic vegetables as a way to connect young and marginalised people with the land. Ten years into the initiative, Common Property was producing
Fair Trade is a way of trading where the benefits are shared between producers, customers and the environment. Gender inequality, unfair pay, modern slavery, child labour and the ravaging effects of climate change are all issues that can adversely impact growers in developing countries. As a consumer,
