Kay Baxter
Do we need more fat in our diets?
On discovering indigenous groups world-wide have traditionally derived 30-80 percent of their calories from saturated fat, Kay Baxter found it impossible not to question her existing assumptions. Audio
How to grow seeds
During lockdown people went all out and stocked up on seeds says Kay Baxter co-founder of the Koanga Institute. She wants people to make time to plant their seeds and ensure they prosper. Audio
Saving NZ's heritage seeds
The Koanga Institute is a charitable trust that works to save New Zealand's heritage seeds and plants. Audio
Sowing seeds of hope: Kay Baxter, Koanga Institute
Kaitiaki of plant collections, mentor and educator Kay Baxter is co-founder of the Koanga Institute in the Hawkes Bay, home to New Zealand's largest heritage food plant collection. Over the past 30… Audio, Gallery
Kay Baxter - Planting the Seeds for a Healthy Future
Kay Baxter is the founder and managing director of the Koanga Institute which holds New Zealand's largest collection of heritage organic seeds and fruit trees. The institute recently relocated to… Audio
Koanga Institute and Heritage Seeds
It isn't widely known that a large proportion of the heritage fruit and vegetables on the planet have either passed into extinction or are rapidly headed that way. The Koanga Institute is a New… Audio
A New Home for Koanga Institute and Gardens
For the past 25 years Kay Baxter and her husband Bob Corker have been saving New Zealand's heritage fruit trees and vegetables at Koanga Gardens in Kaiwaka. But five years ago they decided they needed… Audio
Heritage seeds
Kay Baxter has devoted much of her life to collecting and saving heritage food plants and seeds to grow food from a by-gone era. Audio
