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Spokesperson Vacancy

Are you passionate about organics?

Do you have excellent advocacy, communication and research skills?

Are you ready to play a leading role in shaping a vibrant, organic future for our Aotearoa?

An exciting employment opportunity is now available for the role of Soil & Health Association of New Zealand Spokesperson.

     - Spokesperson Vacancy information

Natural Health Products Bill - have your say!

Submissions due 24 February 2012

Organics Organisation Gets An MP For Its Seventieth

Thursday, December 1, 2011

Soil & Health Association of New Zealand celebrates the election of Steffan Browning to Parliament

Organic Winegrowing Reducing Marlborough’s Dangerous Chemical Use

Thursday, October 20, 2011

Organic wine growing in Marlborough is reducing significantly the amount of dangerous pesticides used in the region

Government Must Separate GE Foods In New Zealand Shop Shelves

Monday, October 17, 2011

New Zealand food labelling of GE food components needs to be investigated urgently

Green MP Sue Kedgley Applauded By Safe Food and Organic Community

Tuesday, September 27, 2011

Green Party MP Sue Kedgley’s valedictory speech marks the coming retirement of this country’s most committed food safety focused Member of Parliament ever

Australian imported vegetables should be banned, not nuked

Thursday, September 15, 2011

New Zealand food safety authorities are preparing to allow Australian vegetable imports to be irradiated

Fonterra’s gutting of organic dairying next step to GE farms

Tuesday, August 23, 2011

Fonterra announces scaling back of organic production and has taken its next step towards genetically engineered pastures

GE grass reports foreshadow potential economic losses

Saturday, June 18, 2011

Report shows potential economic losses by introducing GE grasses

AgResearch transgender goats to be milked

Sunday, June 12, 2011

GE goat experiments have a new bizarre twist with surviving GE pregnancies producing mostly transgender offspring

Organic NZ Magazine

May/June  2012

  • Lyttelton: A strong and resilient community
  • Feeding multitudes from the red zone
  • New York rooftop farm
  • Food @ home: a return to SOLE food – seasonal, organic, local and ethical
  • Interview with Sally Fallon, president of the Weston A Price Foundation
  • How to grow perennial veges
  • The dangers of cellphones    
  • Autumn recipes: olives, figs, and nut pesto
  • Peter Proctor: the father of modern biodynamics in New Zealand
  • DIY sleepout
  • Fracking

PLUS: more on the Food Bill, moon calendar, prizes, things we like, what’s on  see full contents

 

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Events

Food Forum and AGM 2012

Saturday 26 May, 2012

Horowhenua Events Centre Showgrounds, Levin

All welcome

2.30 pm: ‘Food security, the Food Bill and the future of food in New Zealand’. Panellists: Jim Kebbell, co-founder of Commonsense Organics, Steffan Browning, former spokesperson of Soil & Health, and now Green MP, and Dr Jessica Hutchings. Chair: Jeanette Fitzsimons, Soil & Health patron.

5 pm: Soil & Health Association AGM. All members welcome. Followed by a happy hour, guest speaker Dr Jessica Hutchings (Te Waka Kai Ora / Maori Organics), and supper.

Full information and registration details

 


Gardening For Planet Earth, Dee Pigneguy

Dee is passionate about organic gardening and has written books about gardening and health.

She will be speaking at the Soil & Health Palmerston North Branch Meeting, Friday 25 May, 6:30pm

Details: Gardening for planet earth talk

 

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GE ?  No thanks, we've got organics.
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