Case studies

From Troppo’s urban canopy in Te Puke to the school and digital tools that carry the craft nationwide.

These profiles document real work in the Vector Group Charitable Trust kai resilience network (CC45966). They start with Troppo — the living tropical urban food forest — then the education and digital layers built so more of Aotearoa can learn, plan and connect. No invented yields or fake testimonials.

Living site

Troppo — tropical urban food forest, Te Puke

Te Puke, Bay of Plenty, Aotearoa New Zealand

Te Puke’s working urban tropical food forest: the chapter you can walk today — stacked canopy, nursery, workshops and the seedbed for NZ grower tools, with teaching that feeds this wiki.

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