Features

• Organics is key to mitigating climate change, by Jenny Lux  
• Building vibrant soils: Nicole Masters has a new book, For the Love of Soil; this extract focuses on the Pattisons’ organic apple orchard 
• Gardens4Health: 10 years of grassroots goodness, by Anissa Ljanta
  Reclaiming paradise: The revitalisation of organic farming in Rarotonga, by Monica Evans 

Gardening

• Fertilisers at your fingertips: Quick, homegrown and natural, by Denise Cox 
• The wild and wonderful world of perennial brassicas, by Peta Hudson and Philippa Jamieson 
• Moon calendar for November and December by Rachel Pomeroy 

Health and food

• Recipes from Whole Again: Avocado lime cheesecake, and baked curry potato cakes  
• Organic food: keeping costs down – Ross Nolly profiles a Taranaki buying group  
• Microplastics: tiny but treacherous – Sharon Stevens interviews plastic-free champion Dr Trisia Farrelly 

• Goodbye Sandfly, hello business, by Theresa Sjöquist 

Farming and horticulture

• Regenerative and organic: A winning combo, by Siobhan Griffin 
• Crops and stock: A perfect match – Mary Ralston visits Terrace Farm 

Building and technology

• How to make a charbecue: Create biochar with your summer sizzle – Sharon Stevens talks with Dennis Enright  

Regulars

Editorial, Letters, Competitions, News, Things we like, Soil & Health events and contacts, What’s on 

Opinion

• Tai Tokerau 2050, by Peter Bruce-Iri

Features

• Our Organic 2020 vision – reflections in 2019, by Brendan Hoare
• From sipping soda to organic food champion: Rebecca Reider profiles Robyn O’Brien
• Sacred maca: Anne Gastinger profiles Peruvian-NZ superfood company Seleno Health
• Is beekeeping for me? By Andrew Matheson and Murray Reid

Gardening

• Ready, set, sow! Dave Treadwell’s tips for growing from seed
• Who’s eating your tomatoes and potatoes? How to identify and avoid the tomato-potato psyllid, by Duncan Smith
• Old School Reserve Teaching Garden: A photo essay by several contributors
• Moon calendar for September and October by Rachel Pomeroy

Health and food

• Safe weed control in our streets and parks: Giving up glyphosate, by Hana Blackmore
• Healing my child: How Desiree Lee alleviated her daughter’s allergies and an autoimmune condition
• Spring recipes: Beetroot kimchi, cauliflower bagels, and raw chocolate peanut butter cups, by Andrew Crowe
• Zen and the art of going barefoot, by Duncan Hill

Farming and horticulture

• Plant testing: Leaf analysis for soil assessment, by Dr Tim Jenkins
• Land of milk and harmony: Ross Nolly profiles Flipp Farms, Manawatu
• Forest guilds: A billion of the best trees – part 3, by Helmut Janssen

Building and technology

• Many hands make light earth: Philippa Jamieson finds out about Grant Steven’s light earth building techniques

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• Regulars: Editorial, Letters, Competitions, News, Book reviews, Things we like, Soil & Health events and contacts, What’s on

Features

• Agri-tourism in the Philippines: Gretta Carney visits Bohol Coco Farm
• Growing people, plants and profit: Community spaces as places to learn gardening, by Katrina Wolff
• Piko Wholefoods: 40 years of co-operation by Theresa Sjöquist

Gardening

• SOLE food: seasonal, organic, local and ethical: Ross Nolly visits Tricia Thompson’s New Plymouth garden
• The beet goes on: How to grow, harvest and store beetroot, by Denise Cox
• Carbon capture: How to build humus for a healthy home garden, by Mike Bradstock
• Moon calendar for May and June, by Rachel Pomeroy

Health and food

• In praise of beetroot: Health benefits and delicious recipes, by Denise Cox
• Take charge of your health, by David Musgrave of Waihi Bush Farm
• How to make 5 beeswax food wraps, by Diana Noonan

Farming and horticulture

• The importance of trace elements in the soil, by Dr Tim Jenkins
• From seed to tree to bush vitality: A billion of the best trees, part 2, by Helmut Janssen
• Farmers ahead of their time: Mary Ralston profiles biodynamic beef farmers Erwin and Ursula Eisenmann of Waimā Hill Farm

Building and technology

• Living within a sculpture: A Waitākere rammed earth house, by Faith Gould

Science watch

• Pandora’s potatoes: Former genetic engineer Dr Caius Rommens renounces his GE work

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• Editorial, Letters, Competitions, News, Organic sector, Book reviews, Soil & Health update, Soil & Health events and contacts, What’s on