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.

Organic NZ

Born to rewild

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From the world of organics

It’s raining, it’s pouring

Epidemiologist says we need to do better

Government still to decide forestry rules in Emissions Trading Scheme

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Wilding pine problem behind approval of new herbicide

All’s fare • Louise Perzigian visits a Motueka food business that serves up freshly grown organic produce grown on the same plot of land.

Rethinking glyphosate • Last year the Environmental Protection Authority called for information on the popular weed killer glyphosate, but are they dithering to avoid a risk assessment? Bonnie Flaws investigates.

THE WELLBEING OF FOOD • We produce enough food in New Zealand to feed 40 million people, yet one in five Kiwi kids live in households that experience food insecurity. Gareth Hughes talks about his new role as lead of the Wellbeing Economy Alliance Aotearoa.

Spring gardening • Tips and tasks for the September and October māra

Make it! • Stephanie Rose shares three simple DIY projects to elevate your plants, hydrate them and keep them nice and toasty.

Untame your HERB GARDEN • Enough with the spick and span, says Sara Mertens. Instead, go a little bit wild and take advantage of the smorgasbord of nutrition our gardens have to offer, especially from those plants with reputations for being weeds.

Eat your weeds

Meet the locals • Vagabond Vege is a market garden in Te Hūpēnui/Greytown, started by four friends, Lise, Elle, Sheldon, and Saskia.

Maramataka For Mahuru and Whiringa-ā-nuku

Maramataka for Whiringa-ā-nuku

Good things • When Port Waikato food writer Nici Wickes was diagnosed with an autoimmune condition she realised that food was also her saviour. In her new book she serves up her favourite nurturing recipes along with musings about life.

HOW TO MAKE kimchi • Not only is kimchi delicious but it’s a probiotic that is great for gut health. Theresa Sjöquist talks to two kimchi makers to find out how to make this moreish crunchy pickle.

Redefining weeds FOR THE POST-HERBICIDE ERA • If non-chemical weeding is the only way forward, how do we manage troublesome weeds, and what exactly is a weed anyway, asks Charles Merfield.

Second time AROUND • Diana Noonan investigates the work of three recycling companies saving us from ourselves.

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