Kay Baxter

Kay Baxter | Koanga Institute

Kay has been an organic gardener for fifty years and is a co-founder of the Koanga Institute in Wairoa, Hawkes Bay. They teach others grow their own food, to save heritage seeds and to live sustainably.

Kay has a vast knowledge of home gardening, nutrient dense food production and the links between regenerative food growing and human health.

“We’re on a knife-edge. My understanding is that we are on a knife edge ecologically, human-health wise, and biodiversity wise.  The planet is on a total knife edge right now and we have everything we need to turn it round. It’s really about reconnecting. Reconnecting with our people, with our animals, with the earth, with our food, and it’s just about joining it all back up again.” - Kay Baxter