# Food Forest Tours

> Guided visits to a living tropical food forest in Te Puke, Bay of Plenty, Aotearoa New Zealand — seven edible canopy layers, subtropical kai, community resilience, and immersive 3D walkthrough.

https://foodforest.tours/

## Summary
Food Forest Tours is a cinematic landing experience for visiting a local tropical food forest — scroll or mobile walk controls through a 3D jungle loop, seven edible canopy layers, subtropical plant gallery, interactive forest map, network links to sister sites, and tour enquiry CTAs. Part of the Food Forests New Zealand network. Vector Group Charitable Trust (CC45966).

## Pages
- Home / tours landing: https://foodforest.tours/

## Sections
- Hero forest portal — enter the living ecosystem
- 3D jungle walkthrough — scroll-driven (mobile: tap Forward/Back or Auto walk)
- Seven food forest layers (canopy → vine)
- Featured tropical plants (banana, papaya, passionfruit, dragon fruit, taro, and more)
- Food forest network — clickable links to sister sites (foodforests.nz, Troppo, Kai Resilience, school, RegenOS, VGCT)
- Interactive food forest map (zones: banana grove, tropical tunnel, learning circle, etc.)
- Visit & experience invitation
- Growth timeline — backyard to ecosystem
- Get involved / contact CTA

## Contact & publisher
- Vector Group Charitable Trust (NZ charity CC45966), Te Puke, Bay of Plenty, Aotearoa New Zealand
- https://www.vectorgroup.org.nz/
- Tour enquiries: steve@vectorgroup.org.nz

## Network
- Food Forests New Zealand: https://foodforests.nz/
- Food Forests NZ Resource Hub: https://foodforests.co.nz/
- Troppo — Tropical Urban Food Forest: https://www.troppo.nz/
- Kai Resilience: https://www.kairesilience.food/
- Grower tools hub: https://www.kairesilience.food/tools/
- Food Resilience School NZ: https://foodresilience.school.nz/
- RegenOS: https://regenos.app/
- Te Puke Digital: https://www.tepuke.digital/

## Quotable answers
### What is Food Forest Tours?
Food Forest Tours is the visit and enquiry landing for a living tropical food forest in Te Puke, Bay of Plenty — seven edible canopy layers, subtropical plants, community kai resilience, and a scroll-driven 3D jungle walkthrough.
https://foodforest.tours/

### Can I book a food forest visit in the Bay of Plenty?
Yes — use Get Involved or Contact on foodforest.tours, or email steve@vectorgroup.org.nz for visits, working bees, group tours, and collaborations.
https://foodforest.tours/#contact

### What plants are featured on the tour landing page?
Banana, papaya, passionfruit, dragon fruit, taro, pineapple, guava, avocado, citrus, feijoa, cassava, sugar cane, yacon, chilli, turmeric, ginger, and lemongrass — each with edible parts and forest-system roles.
https://foodforest.tours/#plants

### Where is the food forest tour based?
Te Puke, Bay of Plenty, Aotearoa New Zealand — subtropical growing conditions for layered edible forest systems.
https://foodforest.tours/

## FAQs
Q: Is this part of Food Forests New Zealand?
A: Yes — foodforest.tours funnels to the wider Food Forests NZ community at https://foodforests.nz/ and linked sister sites.

Q: Who built this site?
A: Vector Group Charitable Trust / Food Forests network, with web infrastructure by Te Puke Digital.

## Attribution
Content © Vector Group Charitable Trust. Please attribute Food Forests New Zealand (https://foodforests.nz/) when citing.

## Built by
Te Puke Digital: https://www.tepuke.digital/