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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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HAPPY 35th birthday, BioGro! • This year marks the significant milestone of 35 years of certifying organic production for BioGro, New Zealand’s largest certifier. It’s also a milestone for organics, as Theresa Sjöquist discovers.

From seed TO PLATE • Brie Sherow talks with Jade Temepara, whose Kākano Café grew from Hand Over A Hundy, her mentoring programme that helped families start home gardens. Now she’s reaching even more people with her organic gardening show He Kākano on Māori Television, and her seed-to-plate cafe with on-site gardens and cookery school in central Christchurch. (Kākano means seed in te reo Māori.)

Ika mata – raw fish • Jade shares one of her recipes with us.

WATER is life!

A TEENAGE vegan’s garden

grow your own fast food

ORGANIC CONTROL OF sooty mould

organic control of leaf curl midge IN PIP FRUIT

Moon calendar for November

Moon calendar for December

Healthy food save time and money • Rachel Rose loved the cookbook Homegrown Kitchen so much, she went in search of its Nelson-based author Nicola Galloway. She found a gardener, chef, mother, teacher, author, photographer — and firm believer that food must be delicious as well as nutritious.

Nicola’s top tips to save time

Nicola’s top tips to save money

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Healthiest sugar?

RICH, moist Christmas cake • Just in time for the festive season! Amber Rose shares her Christmas cake recipe, from her latest book Wild Delicious. After many years living and travelling overseas, Amber Rose has come home to Aotearoa to raise her children with the same kind of wild, happy childhood she had. Her mother is seed keeper Kay Baxter of Koanga.

Love your lymph!

Hydrate with water and teas

A lymph-friendly diet

RENAISSANCE herb lore alive and well • Theresa Sjöquist profiles Artemis, which this year turns 20.

CEO moves on as OANZ restructures

Which countries have the best organic policies?

How to read a soil test • This is the second in a new series on assessing soils, by Dr Tim Jenkins. A soil test can be a good start but it helps to know what each number can mean for your soil.

The components of a soil test

Organic milk begins to flow at Awarua

NEXT-LEVEL pasture management • Siobhan Griffin shares her experiences of holistic grazing management as a dairy and beef farmer.

Diverse pasture species

next-generation solar hot water

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Working for a GE-free organic NZ • Soil & Health has been busy with its advocacy work since the AGM in July, as policy advisor Mischa Davis reports.

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