Organic NZ

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.

Living well

Our people • Welcome, Liliana Clarke

Organic NZ

Listen to nature

Your letters • Email: editor@organicnz.org.nz Post: PO Box 9693, Marion Square, Wellington, 6141.

WINNING LETTER

Book reviews

Competitions

Glyphosate 2020 Just ban it!

Pesticide residue testing: organic comes out clean

Acetic acid for weed control • A citizen science research project

Farmers, iwi, scientists call for caution on GE in the Waikato

Regenerative Soil Solution Conference

Call for global gene drive moratorium

Permaculture Hui

Join in Organic Week

Soil & Health Auckland stamp

Action needed to avoid insect apocalypse

Getting our Organic Act together

Regenerative CATALYST • Mary Ralston meets Jono Frew

Dress up BREAK DOWN • The case for compostable clothing,

Grape expectations • How to grow table grapes,

Table grape varieties

Keep your garden safe from KILLER COMPOST • How can you stop herbicides sneaking into your organic garden? Minette Tonoli learnt the hard way, and shares her tips.

Maramataka the lunar calendar • Liliana Clarke gives some background to the new maramataka that appears on the following pages.

Maramataka for Poutu-te-rangi

Aotearoa Food Resilience Charter

Grape recipes

SPICY AUBERGINE PICKLE

Apples & pears

Co-ops for everyone (NOT JUST HIPPIES!) • Natashia Lucas, director of co-op software start-up Fareshare, offers tips and suggestions for making co-ops work.

A snapshot of two co-ops

Bringing in THE WORMS • David Whyte has been ‘re-worming’ his place, bringing in earthworms to help revitalise the soil.

Beetle mania • Dung beetles offer many benefits to New Zealand farmers: better soils, pastures and waterways. Theresa Sjöquist talks with entomologist Dr Shaun Forgie, a world expert on these extraordinary insects.

Organic matters: COVER CROPS • This is the first article in a series by Dr Tim Jenkins on maintaining and building soil organic matter. We look at how to use cover crops to protect the soil between crops and over winter.

Sans Souci – no worries! • Vera Balzer describes how she and husband Reto built their eco-accommodation in Golden Bay – an idea born almost 30 years ago.

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