Angela Clifford is a co-owner of The Food Farm, a permaculture hub that runs educational workshops. With Angela’s family and the help of volunteers, The Food Farm grows more than 60 varieties of organic fruit and vegetables. They have bees, cows, sheep, pigs (including Pjörk and the hefty Jimi Hamdrix), ducks, and hens. They also forage, collect, hunt, dive, and fish for wild kai. As if raising her children and co-running The Food Farm didn’t keep her busy enough, Angela is the chief executive of Eat New Zealand – a national food collective dedicated to connecting people to the land through food.
Angela and I sat down to talk on her patio under the grapevines, where she kept an eye on the roaring fire in the pizza oven. In the kitchen, her three teenagers measured and kneaded pizza dough for our dinner. We spent the evening gathered around the 12-foot-long table, which was laden with
