Organic NZ Magazine: September/October 2004 Author: Holger Kahl Nitrogen is an important building block of proteins, nucleic acids and other cellular constituents which are essential for all forms of life. Nitrogen is such an important key nutrient element for plants that it warrants careful management, and – if mismanaged – can lead to severe environmental…
Organic NZ Magazine: March/April 2003 Author: Dr Bob Anderson Is anything more aggravating than buying what you understand to be organic food only to discover that it is not organic and that industry has, once again, “meddled” with it? My wife returned from a supermarket recently having purchased a bottle of “Simply Organic” milk. On…
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 them both. (First printed in Soil & Health Nov/Dec 2000 issue.) When Kingsley Tobin came…
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 full of sawdust. Imagine the plant being fed an unrelenting cocktail of calcium, ammonium and…
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 a time when more than 800 million people go to bed hungry each night, and…
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 the Steering Council of Pesticide Action Network Asia and the Pacific. She filed this report…
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 grow the best avos, sustainably! I’ve been asked how we grow our avocados and why…
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 practical advice on caring for the soil and then looks at the aim of sustainable…
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 readers, and much of the general public, know that conventionally grown fruit and vegetables contain varying…
Organic NZ Magazine: January/February 2000 Author: Paul Smith Paul Smith talks to the people who recall the early days of Soil & Health. They remained true to our principles through thick and thin – “for the love of it”. A couple of months ago I found a stack of old Soil & Health magazines in…
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