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Get ready for spring: seasonal gardening tips and tasks

27 Jul 23

Winter reserves and preserves are still holding up for many, but Diana Noonan says if we are to eat through the lean months of spring and into summer, now is the time to prepare

The soil improver: transforming forestry slash with biochar

27 Jul 23

Kev Dowman tells Paula Sharp why we should be producing biochar on a commercial scale. He says it is an investment for our future, specifically the future of New Zealand’s land quality and how we can contain carbon.

Accounting for the future

05 May 23

A recent article in a farming magazine, bemoaned that an estimated $55 million has been spent comparing organic/regenerative to industrial (named conventional) farming – with the conclusion that regenerative farming produced less profit and more GHG (greenhouse gas) emissions.

Silt to soil: Rejuvenating silt organically

03 May 23

The silts from recent floods are devoid of the all-important pore spaces, organic matter and microbes that make up a living soil. Charles Merfield gives practical recommendations on how to use organic processes to re-establish these and revitalise mineral-rich silt.

Growing Medicinal Herbs: Echinacea Explosion

01 Mar 00

Organic NZ Magazine: March/April 2000 Author: Paul Smith Medicinal…

The Rise of the Mud & Muck Boys: humble beginnings of the Soil and Health Association NZ

01 Jan 00

Paul Smith talks to the people who recall the early days of…