Mike Casey
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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Mike Casey
- Aug 3, 2021
- 1 min
Forest Lodge in Kia Ora Magazine
Air New Zealand carries approximately 17 million passengers a year, so it's pretty we were delighted when BNZ supported us to get a...
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euan57
- Jul 26, 2021
- 2 min
Data 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...
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Mike Casey
- Jul 5, 2021
- 4 min
We 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...
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Mike Casey
- Jun 17, 2021
- 2 min
In order to electrify we must innovate
In New Zealand, we have an idiom called "the number-8 wire mentality", which refers to innovating using the limited resources we have....
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Mike Casey
- May 21, 2021
- 5 min
A Power Bill in the Negatives
A small but significant milestone last month; we managed to get our power bill into the negatives for the first time using our batteries...
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Mike Casey
- May 4, 2021
- 1 min
Southern Lens production about our Electric Orchard
We were honoured to have the team from Crux.org.nz and Southern Lens showcase our work into electrifying horticulture. James from Two...
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Mike Casey
- Apr 1, 2021
- 1 min
Forest Lodge is now a Case Study for Climate Change Action
It's electrifying to have been selected as a case study by the government for their Climate Action Toolbox, released yesterday due to our...
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Mike Casey
- Mar 15, 2021
- 1 min
Agriculture Minister Damien 'Conner comes for a visit
It was a nice surprise to hear from Labor list MP Rachel Brooking, who had come to visit us a few months back was bringing The Honourable...
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Mike Casey
- Feb 19, 2021
- 2 min
Creating an Electric Weed Sprayer
We have the goal of being able to grow cherries without burning a single drop of fossil fuel however sometimes it's a bit tough to find...
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Mike Casey
- Feb 1, 2021
- 3 min
The Progression of a UFO Tree
We are getting to the end of the growing season for this summer and that means we are starting to pull back on irrigation to ensure our...
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