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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Consumer demand drives NZ organic growth

Whenua WARRIOR • Moko Morris talks with Kelly Francis, a Kai Oranga graduate and the catalyst for over 250 food gardens that have been planted since last spring.

Return to sender compost from urban waste – CAN YOU TRUST IT? • Recently Organic NZ readers have expressed concern about whether municipal compost is clean and clear of toxic chemicals. Given that municipal waste is the basis for this material, that is a valid concern. Joseph Dougherty investigates.

how to grow kūmara • With the price of Aotearoa’s most iconic vegetable soaring, it makes sense to grow your own. Rachel Rose talks to the experts on how to sprout and plant your own kūmara.

Which kumara for you?

GREAT glasshouse design • Sharon Stevens shows how her family’s glasshouse makes the most of the elements: nestled in the earth, and capturing the sun and the rain.

The rocket mass heater

THE ART OF espalier • Sharon Stevens interviews Sarah Frater, owner of Edible Garden, to find out more about the art of fruit tree espalier, focusing on apples and pears.

Choose your tree

Like a regular grocer. Only with real food.

Moon calendar for July

reasons to be chia-full

Recipes

Recipes for winter

a hoelisptic approach to depression AND ANXIETY

5 tips for good mental health

wired versus WIRELESS • New Zealand is approaching a technological crossroads that has profound implications for human health and the natural world – but virtually no one knows about it. Katherine Smith investigates.

What is electrosensitivity?

felted soap to the RESCUE!

GE betrayal? A wake-up call • The public expectation underpinning FSANZ’s legitimacy is a social contract. Regulation of new GE breeding techniques could be the endgame writes Jon Carapiet.

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Pastoral CARE • Mary Ralston successfully adapted a holistic grazing system to include pasture renewal.

GROWING ON a small footprint • Maureen Howard visits Jim O’Gorman, a small-scale organic market gardener living a simple life off the grid in Kakanui, North Otago.

Solar FLAIR • Crispin Caldicott visits a house made largely of recycled materials, built to take advantage of the Northland sun.

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Book review • The Resilient Farmer Weathering the challenges of life and the land

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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.