Description
2019 May – June Issue
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
Regulars
- Editorial, Letters, Competitions, News, Organic sector, Book reviews, Soil & Health update, Soil & Health events and contacts, What’s on
