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Accounting for the future
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
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.
Funding the future with biodynamics
Practitioners are convinced biodynamics is the way of the future – and are financing the research to prove it.
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Multi-tasking market gardener
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Organic weed solutions
There is an unfortunate trend online of people recommending…
Stitching a fabric of support with Nisa
Social enterprise Nisa employs former refugees and migrants…
Nurture, blossom and grow!
Tips and tasks for the November-Decembermāra, by Diana Noonan
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Weaving together strands of the organic world
Bridget Freeman-Rock interviews former Soil & Health…
Worms at your service
Anyone can be a farmer! Worm farming is a great way process…
Over the hedge at Papatūānuku Kōkiri Marae
Taylor Aumua discovers what makes the māra kai at this marae…
Recipe for an eco kitchen
Custom-made kitchen cabinetry using natural materials may…
Remedies for residues
This is the fourth article in a Soil Doctor series…
Grow with the flow
Anne Gastinger meets Dominique Schacherer and Logan…
Sweet spice: Vanilla from Tonga
On 31 December 2001 the island of Vava’u in…
Good mood food
We are currently overwhelmed by a mental health crisis, grappling…
Captivated by quinoa
As Diana Noonan has discovered, quinoa is…
Spring into the garden
Tips and tasks for the September–Octobermāra, by Diana Noonan
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Empowering beginner gardeners
For many years Lily White and Ami Kennedy of…
Homemade compost
Good compost grows healthy plants, and you can never have…
50 years of fertile ground
From corn, compost and comfrey, to a brief encounter with…
Compostable packaging
In 2018 (ONZ Jan/Feb) we featured a story about compostable…