Local Food Consultancy

Vision
Our dream is that Taranaki is bursting with local produce and artisan products and that local food and artisanal products are available in abundance to everyone for an affordable price.
We exist in empowering growers and artisan food producers to grow and produce local, speciality and niche food. Our aim is to help build capacity in the domestic market and to enable growers and artisan food producers to export long term. By doing so we are helping to generate a greater wealth at local level and supporting the launch and sales of high-quality exportable products for Taranaki and New Zealand.

Mission
Our mission is to inspire healthier communities by connecting people to real food.
Local Food Consultancy provides project management, consultancy, coaching and training to businesses in the specialty and niche food sectors, in the field of marketing, organic & food safety compliance, market development and sales. Contribution focussed, we empower growers and artisan food producers to create food experiences where passion and purpose come together. To that end, we’re committed to support small and mid-size growers and producers who are farming and producing sustainably. Furthermore, we are focussed on creating transparency around what is in the food and where it came from and to create more accessibility to healthy, real food for more people.
We intend to create and maintain meaningful relationships with those involve and create a friendly, fair, and creative work environment, which respects diversity, new ideas, innovation and hard work. Our focus is on practices that are healthy, compliant and regenerative to ourselves, our communities and our planet.

Our core values
These 6 core values embody our culture, spirit and dedication to do what’s right. They keep us aligned and help us make decisions about the projects we are committed to.

• Make an impact
Create solutions where the client, end-consumer, community and
the company win.
• Contribution focussed
Cultivate authentic food experiences where passion and purpose
come together
• Connection
Create meaningful relationships with those involved
• Be sustainable
Focus on practices that are healthy, compliant and regenerative to
ourselves, our communities, and our planet
• Future proof
Embrace new technology, creativity and innovation
• Live the sweet life
Make things better, take responsibility and be happy