Jessica Hutchings and Jo Smith at their farm in Kaitoke Photo: RNZ/Sally Round
Jessica Hutchings (Ngāi Tahu, Gujarati) is an organic farmer, yoga teacher and "recovering" academic who's just published her latest book on Māori food security.
She has been a leader of the hua parakore, or Māori organics movement.
Dr Hutchings is putting her ideas into practice on her small family farm, along with partner Jo Smith, an associate professor at Victoria University, in the foothills of the Remutaka Range, north of Wellington.
She takes Country Life on a tour of the māra kai which feeds their family and explains the principles underlying hua parakore.
