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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
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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.
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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.  
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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.
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Sweet spice: Vanilla from Tonga

25 Aug 21
On 31 December 2001 the island of Vava’u in…
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Good mood food

25 Aug 21
We are currently overwhelmed by a mental health crisis, grappling…
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Captivated by quinoa

24 Aug 21
As Diana Noonan has discovered, quinoa is…
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Spring into the garden

24 Aug 21
Tips and tasks for the September–Octobermāra, by Diana Noonan The…
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Empowering beginner gardeners

24 Aug 21
For many years Lily White and Ami Kennedy of…
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Homemade compost

24 Aug 21
Good compost grows healthy plants, and you can never have…
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50 years of fertile ground

24 Aug 21
From corn, compost and comfrey, to a brief encounter with…
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Compostable packaging

24 Aug 21
In 2018 (ONZ Jan/Feb) we featured a story about compostable…
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Your new look Organic NZ

19 Aug 21
Organic NZ stands strong as an independent magazine devoted to…
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Organic meal in a box

05 Jul 21
A simple cardboard box turns out to be lot more than just…
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Low-tech living in a light-earth house

30 Jun 21
No fridge, doing the laundry by hand, and carting composted…
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A taniwha in the garden

30 Jun 21
Living willow sculptures can add fun, exploration and even…
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Beauty and the feast

29 Jun 21
A passion for our natural heritage, an imaginative artistic…
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Grassroots and global

28 Jun 21
Being served cooked rat and unwittingly drinking rice…
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Learning by growing

28 Jun 21
In the picturesque seaside town of Riverton, west of Invercargill,…
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Whenua Warrior

28 Jun 21
Moko Morris talks with Kelly Francis, a Kai Oranga graduate…
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The best of both worlds: Regen ag and organics

28 Jun 21
Aotearoa New Zealand is seeing a groundswell of regenerative…
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Soil under pressure

23 Jun 21
This third article in the Soil Doctor series…
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The rainforest of the sea

23 Jun 21
Trudy Kessels finds out about AgriSea’s sustainable…
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Nourishing our elders

23 Jun 21
Good nutrition is important for us all, and perhaps even more…
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