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.

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Tai Tokerau 2050 • By Peter Bruce-Iri of Tai Tokerau Climate Change Action

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Help us create a safer, healthier, organic NZ! • Soil & Health campaign against glyphosate and toxic pesticides

Soil & Health revitalised at AGM

Protect high-class soils from urban expansion

Regen ag speaking tour

Legal appeal over GE in Northland

GE-free Tasmania a shining example for NZ

OUR ORGANIC 2020 vision reflections in 2019

from sipping soda to organic food champion • Robyn O’Brien wasn’t the most likely organic food advocate, at first. A native of Texas, she had an MBA and worked as a financial analyst in the food industry. As she revealed recently while speaking in New Zealand, she was a ‘heavy user’ of diet soft drinks. Rebecca Reider finds out more.

Sacred maca a healing and unifying force • Maca, an age-old healing plant from Peru, has now gained a global reputation as a superfood. Anne Gastinger profiles Seleno Health, a maca company with a difference.

IS BEEKEEPING for me? • Are you thinking of keeping bees in your backyard? Or even having space for a rented hive? Here are some to think about before you begin. This is an extract from Practical Beekeeping in New Zealand

READY, SET, SOW! • Dave Treadwell shares his tips for growing from seed.

who's EATING YOUR tomatoes and potatoes? • Duncan Smith puts the tomato-potato psyllid (TPP) under the microscope and offers advice to help keep your plants healthy.

OLD SCHOOL RESERVE Teaching Garden

Moon calendar for September and October

Safe weed control in our streets and parks • Hana Blackmore of the group Weed Management Advisory looks at council weed management practices and how we can make our neighbourhoods safer and healthier.

Healing my child • Desiree Lee shares her story of alleviating her daughter’s allergies and an autoimmune condition.

Spring recipes from Soul Food Organic

ZEN and the art of GOING BAREFOOT • Duncan Hill has spent a lot of time in bare feet over the last 20 years, but in the last two he’s hardly ever worn shoes.

plant testing leaf analysis for soil assessment • This is the seventh in a series on assessing soils by Dr Tim Jenkins. This time we look at how sometimes testing what is in the plant provides key insights of what is available from the soil.

LAND OF milk and harmony

Forest guilds A billion of the best trees, part 3 • To reforest Aotearoa, we need to take lessons from nature in how to select and space trees, writes Helmut Janssen. Humans can strategically design mixed forest plantings for stability and resilience.

Many hands make light earth • Philippa Jamieson visits natural builder Grant Steven in Ruatoria to find out more about his work using light earth building techniques.

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Goods and services directory • This directory is your guide to a range of goods and services that are either certified organic, or supply organic products.