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Shelf life – or human life?

27 Jun 24
There is a new system of industrial food manufacturing that produces edible substances that are not food, but rather food products containing novel, synthetic molecules never found in nature. These ever-increasing laboratory-engineered chemistry experiments are designed to simulate food. 
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Neurotoxic Pesticide in our Food

27 Jun 24
Recently the Safe Food Campaign presented an oral petition to the government’s Petitions Select Committee, asking for the urgent reassessment and ban of the insecticide chlorpyrifos, due to its harmful effects, particularly on babies and young children.   
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Tribute to Hazel Berryman

27 Jun 24
Hazel Berryman was a life long gardener who believed in two cardinal credos: ‘you are what you eat’ and ‘eat food that goes bad, but eat it before it goes bad’. With these two credos, Hazel lived to the ripe old age of 100.   
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Miner’s Lettuce – Claytonia Perfoliata

20 May 24
It is prolific, grows just about anywhere with minimal care, and self-seeds for the following season. Anna-Marie Barnes describes an easy-care plant that provides fresh greens all winter long.
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Super natural growing power

01 Jan 19
We hope you enjoy this free article from OrganicNZ. Join us for…
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Local food, local money

01 Sep 18
Sharon Stevens looks at the connection between local, regenerative…
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Expect a miracle

26 Jun 18
Published in Organic NZ May/June 2018 - 1.5.18, Health &…
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Farmacology

09 Mar 18
Farmacology By Stephanie Lambert Mark Christensen believes…
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Living the change

01 Mar 18
A new film shines the spotlight on our organic and sustainable…
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How to grow olives

01 May 17
By Denise Cox  First published in Organic NZ May/June…
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The thorny problem of gorse control

01 May 17
By Jeanette Fitzsimons  Most of New Zealand’s pastoral hill…
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The sci-fi world of targeted GE

01 Mar 17
Dr Heli Matilainen explores the lightning-fast development…
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The millers’ tale: NZ BioGrains’ story

01 Jan 17
Harry and Mary Lowe live and work in Ashburton and are stalwarts…
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Making organic food more affordable

01 Nov 16
There are ways to make organic food more affordable so you can…
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Raw cows’s milk for our baby grandson

09 Aug 16
 Ethan aged eight months with two sources of nutrition: mum…
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Savings pools: interest-free loans and trading

01 Mar 16
Frith Chamberlain outlines a system that uses money in a fair…
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Local food and seed in Aotearoa NZ

01 Mar 16
In 2012 and 2013, a team of New Zealand permaculture educators…
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Is your food being zapped? An update on food irradiation

01 Mar 16
Organic NZ Magazine: March/April 2016 Section:  Health &…
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The joy in crop swapping

01 Nov 15
Franziska von Hünerbein writes about a movement that’s about…
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Why ban glyphosate?

01 Sep 15
Organic NZ Magazine: Sept/Oct 2015 Section: Science Watch Author:…
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Rainwater harvesting, part 2: Clean and safe

01 Feb 15
Organic NZ Magazine: January/February 2015 Section: Building…
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Rainwater Harvesting

01 Nov 14
Organic NZ Magazine: November/December 2014 Section: Features Author:…
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Is your soil toxic?

01 Sep 14
Organic NZ Magazine: September/October 2014 Section:…
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What’s in your milk? A consumer guide

01 Jul 14
Milk has been an important source of nutrition for generations…
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