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Staff Writer2024-01-18 13:04:232024-08-26 11:39:08Blooms for change with Rebecka Bjelfvenstam Keeling‘Tis the season of bounty: summer gardening tips
School holidays, trips to the beach, and a house full of visitors – all great fun – but not so helpful when it comes to finding time for a garden in full swing. Diana Noonan shares labour-saving techniques so you can keep on top of the garden chores while enjoying the summer and the culinary delights it produces.
So let’s talk about GE
Pro-GE lobbyists are saying we need to have a ‘mature’ conversation about genetic engineering. Originally they claimed it would solve world hunger, now they are claiming it will mitigate climate change. Philippa Jamieson logically and ‘maturely’ refutes their greenwashing.
Studying the benefits
An ambitious new study looks at nutrient-dense food production in New Zealand. Many growers and their customers believe biodynamic and organically-grown food has specific health benefits. Kete Ora Trust is undertaking research here in Aotearoa New Zealand that compares the nutrient density of food produced...
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Remix Plastics spins material right round
Anthea Madill is the owner of Remix Plastic, which sells jewellery and other products made from plastic waste as part of her kaupapa to educate people about sustainability. We talked to her about this mahi, and why we need to think beyond recycling as the main solution.
Autumnal munching recipes from Flip Grater
Edible activism meets ethical hedonism in Flip Grater’s new cookbook, which is packed with favourite recipes from Grater Goods, her vegan deli in Christchurch.
Honey Turmeric Carrots with TranzAlpine Honey
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Investigating Aotearoa’s e-waste footprint
Electronic waste is the world’s fastest growing waste stream, and in Aotearoa most of it ends up in landfill where it can leach toxins into soil and waterways. The good news is that we are taking steps to reduce
our e-waste footprint. Bonnie Flaws investigates.
Meet the locals: gorse-munching goats
In the first of our new series that gives us snapshots of people treading lightly, we visit a lifestyle block in Upper Hutt where a herd of goats has made tasty work of troublesome weeds.
Cultivating a climate of change with the Earthworkers Programme
Sarah Smuts-Kennedy, the powerhouse behind urban-farming programme For the Love of Bees, talks about Earthworkers – a new course nurturing photosynthesis and microbe farmers.
Everything you need to know about natural bedding
On the hunt for a peaceful night’s kip, Theresa Sjöquist visits four natural bed manufacturers and discovers the secrets behind a healthful slumber.
Keep your garden growing
In the cooler months it’s tempting to wind down the edible beds, but try sowing and growing all over again for months of bountiful harvest at a time when store-bought veges command a premium price.
Puro, Australasia’s organic-certified medical cannabis operation
On a stretch of coastline at Kēkerengū, midway between Kaikōura and Blenheim, a field of medicinal plants is growing in the sunshine and sea breezes. This is no small garden. It spans 10 ha, making it the largest medicinal cannabis plantation in New Zealand. And unlike any other cannabis farm in New Zealand, this one is fully certified organic.
10 natural health boosters
With seasonal flu, colds and Covid-19 circulating, maintaining optimum health for you and your family is more important than ever. Natural health practitioners gave us their top tips on getting organised, staying well and looking after yourself if you do get sick.
Nurturing resilience at Awatea Organics
Awatea Organics is a research and training farm in Whangārei specialising in heritage organic food, seed and medicine. Its founder, Tui Shortland, talked to us about food sovereignty, saving heritage seed and her work supporting indigenous communities internationally.
Sanctity of the soil with Maanu Paul
Maanu Paul feels two responsibilities keenly and they are intertwined: to provide food for his whānau, and to do it with the utmost respect for Papatūānuku, Mother Earth.
Craft and transform with Rekindle workshop
A Christchurch community workshop is empowering people to learn traditional crafts using local materials, which is good for people and the planet, as Anne Gastinger discovers.
Climate-smart farming with Dr Tim Jenkins
Dr Tim Jenkins explores the ways that organic farming practices, including resilient agro-ecosystems, can help prevent and adapt to the major challenge of our times: climate change.
Top quality organic crops with Willowmere Organics
Willowmere Organics is a new twist on a traditional organic farming operation, as Mary Ralston finds out. Extensive use of cover crops and compost, microbiological inputs and finely tuned fertiliser applications ensure high value vegetable, grain and leaf crops.
Vibrantly organic blackcurrants from ViBERI
On the fertile soils of South Canterbury, near the foothills of the Southern Alps, sits ViBERi, the award-winning organic blackcurrant operation of Tony and Afsaneh Howey. Jeff Smith pays a visit.
Raw blackcurrant & vanilla cheesecake recipe
A delicious cheesecake recipe using blackcurrants from ViBERi, the award-winning organic blackcurrant company.
Super summer recipes from the Two Raw Sisters
Recipes by the Two Raw Sisters, from their new book Salad
Plant-based recipes with a side of Bloody Mary
Matt shares a couple of simple and delicious recipes with Organic NZ readers.
The journey to health with a plant-based diet
Eating a plant-based diet with as many organic ingredients as possible was a decision that saved his life, the Taranaki father-of-two is convinced. Doris Neubauer tells the story.
