Mike CaseyApr 121 minForest 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...
Mike CaseyMar 153 minEstimating our cherry harvest though our censusIn 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...
Mike CaseyJan 232 minRecapping the world's first zero fossil fuel harvestWe 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...
Mike CaseyDec 9, 20214 minElectrifying our underfloor heating and hot waterEarlier this year, we eliminated all fossil fuels from both our orchard and our family home. When we first moved in, our home was...
Mike CaseyNov 24, 20211 minForest 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...
Mike CaseyNov 15, 20211 minEuan 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...
Mike CaseyOct 24, 20212 minYoung Growers Central Otago event at Forest LodgeOn Friday, the 15th of October 2021, we hosted around 30 young growers from Central Otago. The leader of the Young Growers group, Jordan...
Mike CaseySep 20, 20213 minMoving our business to electric vehiclesForest Lodge Orchard now runs on 100% electricity following the purchase of two electric Hyundai Kona's earlier this month. We believe...
Mike CaseyAug 31, 20212 minNew 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...
Mike CaseyAug 13, 20211 minFinalist 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...
Mike CaseyAug 10, 20212 minNZ'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...
Mike CaseyAug 3, 20211 minForest Lodge in Kia Ora MagazineAir New Zealand carries approximately 17 million passengers a year, so it's pretty we were delighted when BNZ supported us to get a...
euan57Jul 26, 20212 minData sampling and crop assessment in a UFO Orchard.In May we undertook a crop assessment on our cherry trees - essentially an estimate of how many cherries we would produce this coming...
Mike CaseyJul 4, 20214 minWe won the 2021 SEANZ award for the best Grid Connected Implementation!Our renewable electric system was judged the best in New Zealand by SEANZ for its ability to meet all the needs of our extensive...
Mike CaseyJun 17, 20212 minIn order to electrify we must innovateIn New Zealand, we have an idiom called "the number-8 wire mentality", which refers to innovating using the limited resources we have....