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The coolest tangi

10 Mar 25

Malcolm Murchie was a long-time Soil & Health member who passed away The whānau of long-time Soil & Health member Malcolm Murchie share the beautiful journey of their father’s tangi with Organic NZ readers in the hope it will inspire others to maintain rangatiratanga over their loved one’s final journey.

Photos from Jenny’s garden

25 Feb 25

Soil & Health member Jenny Williamson shares some photos from her garden.

Cultivating Change

25 Feb 25

Sarah Smuts-Kennedy shares her journey as an artist and advocate for regenerative farming practices, and her role in founding For the Love of Bees, OMG market garden, and the Earthworkers 101 course.

Sri Lankan pulled jackfruit curry

23 Jan 25

A deliciously unique vegan curry recipe. If you haven’t cooked with jackfruit before, this is an easy way to start. Recipe from Healthy Kelsi by Kelsi Boocock

Winter Jobs for Blueberries in the Home Garden

25 Jul 24

There are many blueberry varieties available to the home gardener. Large and small, sweet and sour and everything else in between. They can be notoriously difficult to grow. So if you have some blueberry plants, here are a few winter jobs to help your plants to thrive. By Andy Jeffs.

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.

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.

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.

Bio-boost Your Compost!

26 Jun 24

Christine Grieder shares her expert compost recipes and dives into the world of using beneficial microorganisms in compost.

Facts About Flour – The Grist On Wheat Flour

20 May 24

Traditionally, wheat was a protein and vitamin-packed staple chiefly used for grinding into flour and making bread. Theresa Sjöquist investigates how it is grown and processed in New Zealand today and details its composition and effects on our health.

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.

Life Underground – A Guide To Aotearoa’s Soil Food Web

16 May 24

Without the diverse organisms within our soil there would be no land- dwelling life on Earth. Duncan Smith describes the creatures and critters that underpin our plants, and ultimately, ourselves.

The Significance Of Degrees

16 May 24

The single biggest influence on an organic garden is temperature. As Dr Charles Merfield explains, a comparatively minuscule variation can have dramatic consequences.

Keep your garden growing

15 May 24

Though growth will slow as the cold sets in, Diana Noonan gives ideas on how to keep your garden producing to offset the cost of living. While doing that, she advises that we must also look to the future and prepare for the coming spring.

Critical Thinking on Gene Technology Regulation

08 May 24

Layers of manipulation and obfuscation are being used to package deregulation of gene technologies as a net positive. Bonnie Flaws outlines how, and why one of New Zealand’s leading biological science professors considers regulation the best tool we have to prevent risk.

The rise, reasoning, and role of Soil & Health Association of NZ

06 May 24

Historian and Soil & Health National Council member, Matt Morris, chronicles the genesis of Soil & Health Association of NZ, and the impact we have made on organics in New Zealand.

ANNOUNCEMENT: Organic NZ has ceased publication

09 Apr 24

Kia ora koutou! Like many other businesses, and particularly…

Cooking with oil – which one is good for you?

01 Mar 24

Trans or saturated, polyunsaturated, or monosaturated? What’s the difference between cold-pressed and virgin, light and refined? Paula Sharp smooths out the choices of what is best for our bodies in terms of oils and fats.

To GE or not to GE?

01 Mar 24

We are at a critical point in decision-making about releasing genetically engineered organisms into New Zealand's environment. Philippa Jamieson outlines some of the potential risks and benefits of our options in a comprehensive flowchart.

Live2Give: Focusing on foundations, making good ethics a viable business

01 Mar 24

Two Manawatū couples with a big vision made hard choices, distilling their operation down to its essence. Rachel Rose talks to the owners of Live2Give about how their business has grown, diversified, adapted, and prioritised, all the while keeping the culture of doing it for good.

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The coolest tangi

Photos from Jenny’s garden

Cultivating Change

Sri Lankan pulled jackfruit curry

Members-only Articles

Winter Jobs for Blueberries in the Home Garden

Shelf life – or human life?

Neurotoxic Pesticide in our Food

Tribute to Hazel Berryman

Bio-boost Your Compost!

Facts About Flour – The Grist On Wheat Flour

Miner’s Lettuce – Claytonia Perfoliata

Life Underground – A Guide To Aotearoa’s Soil Food Web

The Significance Of Degrees

Keep your garden growing

Critical Thinking on Gene Technology Regulation

The rise, reasoning, and role of Soil & Health Association of NZ

ANNOUNCEMENT: Organic NZ has ceased publication

Cooking with oil – which one is good for you?

To GE or not to GE?

Live2Give: Focusing on foundations, making good ethics a viable business

Support your liver and DETOX

Japanese wineberry: where and how to grow

Underground interactions: how roots communicate

The battle for the future of food

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