Organic NZ Magazine: November/December 2001 Author: Valerie Cowperthwaite A shared passion for wine and commitment to Organics has brought about an intriguing business partnership between Kingsley Tobin, award-winning winemaker, and John Hawkesby, late of TV news. Valerie Cowperthwaite talked to … Read More
Organic NZ Magazine: November/December 2001 Author: Denise Mark Denise Mark describes exactly how to grow delicious, organic ‘Love Apples’. Is conventionally grown to your taste? Imagine a conventionally grown tomato, bred for long shelf life, growing in a plastic bag … Read More
Organic NZ Magazine: September/October 2001 Author: Devinder Sharma Biotechnology is not the answer to world hunger. Devinder Sharma explains how government sanctioned greed is the cause of rural poverty in India. The genetic engineering industry has been claiming that at … Read More
Organic NZ Magazine: July/August 2001 Author: Meriel Watts In May this year, Meriel Watts travelled to Senegal in West Africa to take part in Pesticide Action Network’s international conference on “Feeding the World Without Poisons”. Meriel is a member of … Read More
Organic NZ Magazine: July/August 2001 Author: Tim Vallings One of the most delicious and nutrient rich foods available, avocados still have an air of mystique and luxury but they’re not that hard to grow. Tim Vallings tells us how to … Read More
Organic NZ Magazine: May/June 2001 Author: Lady Eve Balfour In the January issue, Lady Eve Balfour’s article outlined the early years of the organic movement and listed a number of reasons why chemical agriculture is doomed. This concluding section gives … Read More
Organic NZ Magazine: September/October 2000 Author: Meriel Watts LABOUR TRIES TO BURY THE AGRICULTURAL CHEMICAL TRESPASS BILL Four years ago the Soil & Health Association called a national meeting to resolve the spray drift problem. Out of that meeting arose … Read More
Organic NZ Magazine: May/June 2000 Author: Meriel Watts In this issue we bring you the third pesticides problem that requires government attention. The first was that of spray drift and we report below on the government’s latest pronouncements on the … Read More
Organic NZ Magazine: March/April 2000 Author: Paul Smith Medicinal herbs are one of the largest growth areas for health product retailers. But some of them may be grown on contaminated soils, as Paul Smith explains. While Soil & Health … Read More
Organic NZ Magazine: February/March 2000 Author: Meriel Watts This is the first in a series of articles on pesticide matters that require government action. Soil & Health will place these issues before government and request that action be taken on … Read More