Farming and Horticulture

Farming & Horticulture Articles

Climate-smart farming with Dr Tim Jenkins

15 Dec 21

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

15 Dec 21

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

15 Dec 21

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.

Solutions for patchy plant growth

27 Oct 21

This is the fifth article in a Soil Doctor series by Dr…

Multi-tasking market gardener

27 Oct 21

Malkiat Singh is a man of many talents and wears many hats…

Remedies for residues

25 Aug 21

This is the fourth article in a Soil Doctor series…

Grow with the flow

25 Aug 21

Anne Gastinger meets Dominique Schacherer and Logan…

Soil under pressure

23 Jun 21

This third article in the Soil Doctor series…

The rainforest of the sea

23 Jun 21

Trudy Kessels finds out about AgriSea’s sustainable…

Shovel-ready solutions to fight climate change

11 May 21

It’s vital we scale up organic, regenerative agriculture to…

The thorny problem of gorse control

01 May 17

By Jeanette Fitzsimons Most of New Zealand’s pastoral hill…

The millers’ tale: NZ BioGrains’ story

01 Jan 17

Harry and Mary Lowe live and work in Ashburton and are stalwarts…

Why ban glyphosate?

01 Sep 15

Organic NZ Magazine: Sept/Oct 2015 Section: Science Watch Author:…

Amber light for dung beetles?

01 May 14

Organic NZ Magazine: May/June 2014 Section: Farming and horticulture Author:…

GE food: A Trojan horse – what is it sneaking into us?

01 May 14

Organic NZ Magazine: May/June 2014 Section: Science watch Author:…

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From a farmer’s heart

01 Jul 13

Organic NZ Magazine: July/August 2013 Section: Farming and…

GE animal feed? No thanks!

01 May 13

Organic NZ Magazine: May/June 2013 Section: Farming and horticulture Author:…

Beyond 1080

01 Mar 13

Organic NZ Magazine: March/April 2013 Section: Farming and…

Tea tree in NZ – Growing the good oil

01 Jan 07

Organic NZ Magazine: January/February 2007 Section: Farming…

Sheep, beef and organics – the path to success

01 Nov 06

Organic NZ Magazine: November/December 2006 Section: Farming…