Mike Casey
The world's first electric foliage sprayer? If you can't source it, make it.
The dawn of a new era in zero-emission food production and farming is almost upon us, with the development of two vital pieces of...
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Mike Casey
- Aug 8
- 2 min
Orchard accommodation to be proud of.
The horticulture industry does not have a strong reputation in New Zealand when it comes to the treatment of workers. It's stories like...
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Mike Casey
- Jun 25
- 2 min
Visiting NZ's first electric tractor at the Monarch Factory in California
Euan and I had the privilege of being invited to see the Monarch Factory in California and play with one of their pilot vehicles. The...
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Mike Casey
- May 24
- 4 min
Our Renewable Energy System - Lets Deep Dive
At some point this week, we expect to have a large article written about us in the Otago Daily Times. I thought I would be proactive and...
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Mike Casey
- Apr 13
- 1 min
Forest Lodge in the latest GenLess Campaign
We are thrilled to be part of the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority (EECA)'s GenLess campaign, which has recently gone live on...
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Mike Casey
- Mar 16
- 3 min
Estimating our cherry harvest though our census
In 2021 we ran a data experiment to see how effective we were in estimating the total size of our harvest in January 2022. We randomly...
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Mike Casey
- Jan 24
- 2 min
Recapping the world's first zero fossil fuel harvest
We have just had a well earned break following a mammoth effort by so many of our team and supporters, and it's finally time to share our...
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Mike Casey
- Dec 9, 2021
- 4 min
Electrifying our underfloor heating and hot water
Earlier this year, we eliminated all fossil fuels from both our orchard and our family home. When we first moved in, our home was...
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Mike Casey
- Nov 25, 2021
- 1 min
Forest Lodge made the 2021 BNZ Sustainability report.
We are thrilled to have been included in the BNZ 2021 Sustainability report, and in particular, that we can do our part to effect the...
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Mike Casey
- Nov 16, 2021
- 1 min
Euan and Rachel join the dream of zero-emission food.
Euan, our orchard manager, and his wife Rachel have just bought a shareholding in Forest Lodge Orchard. They have been tirelessly working...
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Mike Casey
- Oct 25, 2021
- 2 min
Young Growers Central Otago event at Forest Lodge
On Friday, the 15th of October 2021, we hosted around 30 young growers from Central Otago. The leader of the Young Growers group, Jordan...
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Mike Casey
- Sep 21, 2021
- 3 min
Moving our business to electric vehicles
Forest Lodge Orchard now runs on 100% electricity following the purchase of two electric Hyundai Kona's earlier this month. We believe...
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Mike Casey
- Aug 31, 2021
- 2 min
New Zealand's first driverless electric tractor.
Forest Lodge is thrilled to announce that we have recently been approved for a second grant from the Energy Efficiency and Conservation...
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Mike Casey
- Aug 14, 2021
- 1 min
Finalist in the Sustainable Business Awards for 2021
Forest Lodge is thrilled to be a finalist in the 2021 Sustainable Business Awards in the Climate Action Leader category. Globally, food...
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Mike Casey
- Aug 11, 2021
- 2 min
NZ's electricity crisis. Doing our bit and the need for Distributed Energy Resources (DER)
On the night of the 9th of August 2021, New Zealand did not generate enough power to keep the lights on for all its citizens. Our...
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