Organic NZ is filled with info to live a healthier lifestyle - for you and the planet! Published by the Soil & Health Association of New Zealand, working since 1941 for sustainable organic agricultural and good health. Topics range from home garden to large-scale success stories; eco-building; urban organics; genetic engineering & chemical issues; food matters & natural health.
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Court orders Monsanto to pay US$289 million
Hastings stays GE-free
Organic Week NZ 2019 April 2019
Green Living Show 3–4 November, Auckland
Organic gardening on Māori TV
Community fights proposed chicken factory
Taranaki Sustainable Backyards Trail 26 October – 4 November
GE or not GE? New breeding techniques
Advanced gene editing: speaking tour
Obituary Mark Levick 1953–2018
Obituary Peter Proctor 1928–2018
A fruitful life • Philippa Jamieson profiles organic kiwifruit growers Mark and Catriona White of Coastal Kiwis, supreme winners of the 2018 Ballance Farm Environment Awards.
Local food, local money • Sharon Stevens looks at the connection between local, regenerative food production and homegrown currencies such as her local ‘Loaves’.
Living Economies Educational Trust
TOGETHER, we grow • Common Unity grows more than food, as Rachel Rose discovers.
Common Unity Project Aotearoa
Mercury rising • Soil and air temperatures are crucial to the success of your spring sowing and planting, writes Mike Bradstock
Keep a garden notebook
BOOST poultry health with insects
Warm soil needed for good spring growth
My health JOURNEY with MS • Rachael Stott’s first multiple sclerosis (MS) episode was so severe it seemed certain she’d be in a wheelchair within five years – but five years have passed and people can’t even tell she’s ill. She shares her story with Niki Morrell.
Like a regular grocer. Only with real food.
Rachael’s berry cheesecake • Honey or maple syrup can be added if needed.
Healthy from the INSIDE OUT • The importance of gut health, by Sandra Clair
Top 4 tips for a healthy gut
Cookie and cracker recipes • Waihi Bush Organic Farm has supplied the following two recipes which use two of their gluten-free flours. Check out all the other great recipes on their website: waihibush.co.nz.
Naked spring CLEANING • Sheryn Clothier uncovers the bare basics of house cleaning and personal hygiene.
Feeding THE SOIL from the sea • Theresa Sjöquist profiles Pacific Biofert, a family run organic fertiliser business.
Soil assessment 101 • This is the first in a new series on assessing soils, by Dr Tim Jenkins. The aim of soil assessment is to understand a soil so we can do the best for it and achieve the best working with it.
ORGANIC control of codling moth
An earth-building JOURNEY • The travels, training and teaching of earth builder Rosa Henderson, by Theresa Sjöquist
A passion for organics • Report from the Soil & Health AGM, July 2018
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