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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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Organic Week Aotearoa 2019 • Monday 29 April – Sunday 5 May

Soil & Health collaborates with Thunderpants for Project Gro

Heritage Harvest Festival

Cancer link to glyphosate-based herbicides

Rollout of 5G halted in Brussels for health reasons

Permaculture Hui • Riverton, 4–7 April

AGRI-TOURISM In the Philippines

Buco: The Tree of Life

How to eat coconut in the Philippines

Growing people, PLANTS AND PROFIT • Katrina Wolff writes about community spaces as places to learn gardening.

Piko Wholefoods 40 years of co-operation

S.O.L.E food seasonal, organic, local and ethical • Ross Nolly visits ‘granny gardener’ Tricia Thompson and explores her productive backyard.

Learning from Asia

The beet goes on Beetroot: Beta vulgaris

Meet the beets: beetroot varieties

Geosmin: like it or loathe it?

Carbon CAPTURE • How to build humus for a healthy home garden

When nitrogen is needed for breakdown

Manure crops to grow

Moon calendar for May

Moon calendar for April

beetroot In praise of

TAKE CHARGE of your HEALTH

How to make 5 beeswax food wraps

The importance of trace elements IN THE SOIL • This is the fifth in a series on assessing soils by Dr Tim Jenkins. This time we take a close-up look at trace elements.

from seed to tree to bush vitality A billion of the best trees, part 2 • How can we ensure we’re sourcing the healthiest native tree seeds for reforestation? Helmut Janssen investigates. This follows his article ‘A billion of the best trees: Which ones to plant?’ (ONZ Jan/Feb 2019).

FARMERS AHEAD of their time • Mary Ralston profiles Northland biodynamic beef farmers Erwin and Ursula Eisenmann.

Certification partnership between Demeter and BioGro

Soil scientist: organic farming is sustainable and profitable • Australian soil ecologist Dr Christine Jones was in New Zealand recently for a speaking tour of five rural centres, sponsored by Agrisea. David Whyte reports.

LIVING within a sculpture

Pandora’s potatoes • A former agbiotech insider wants his GE crops pulled

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