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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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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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Amber light for dung beetles?

01 May 14
Organic NZ Magazine: May/June 2014 Section: Farming and horticulture Author:…
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GE food: A Trojan horse – what is it sneaking into us?

01 May 14
Organic NZ Magazine: May/June 2014 Section: Science watch Author:…
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The ‘dirty dozen’ – latest update

01 Jan 14
Organic NZ Magazine: January/February 2014 Section: Health…
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Hemp: The comeback crop for building

01 Nov 13
Hemp is an ancient crop, grown for its fibre and put to thousands…
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From a farmer’s heart

01 Jul 13
Organic NZ Magazine: July/August 2013 Section: Farming and…
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GE animal feed? No thanks!

01 May 13
Organic NZ Magazine: May/June 2013 Section: Farming and horticulture Author:…
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Beyond 1080

01 Mar 13
Organic NZ Magazine: March/April 2013 Section: Farming and…
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How to create a GE-free zone

01 Mar 13
Zelka Grammer encourages you to press for a GE-free zone in…
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The dangers of aspartame

01 Jan 13
Organic NZ Magazine: January/February 2013 Section: Health…
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Magnesium: The life and death mineral

01 Nov 12
Organic NZ Magazine: November/December 2012 Section: Features Author:…
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How natural is that flavour? The dangers of MSG

01 Sep 12
Organic NZ Magazine: Sept/Oct 2012 Section: Health and food Author:…
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Don’t read this article

01 May 12
Organic NZ Magazine: May/June 2012 Section: Reports Author:…
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Food Bill Folly

01 Mar 12
Organic NZ Magazine: March/April 2012 Section: Features Author:…
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Food Bill Blues

01 Mar 12
Organic NZ Magazine: March/April 2012 Section: Features Author:…
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