There is a new system of industrial food manufacturing that produces edible substances that are not food, but rather food products containing novel, synthetic molecules never found in nature. These ever-increasing laboratory-engineered chemistry experiments are designed to simulate food.  The post Shelf life – or human life? appeared first on OrganicNZ Magazine | Soil and Health Association NZ ..read more

Recently the Safe Food Campaign presented an oral petition to the government’s Petitions Select Committee, asking for the urgent reassessment and ban of the insecticide chlorpyrifos, due to its harmful effects, particularly on babies and young children.    The post Neurotoxic Pesticide in our Food appeared first on OrganicNZ Magazine | Soil and Health Association NZ ..read more

Hazel Berryman was a life long gardener who believed in two cardinal credos: ‘you are what you eat’ and ‘eat food that goes bad, but eat it before it goes bad’. With these two credos, Hazel lived to the ripe old age of 100.    The post Tribute to Hazel Berryman appeared first on OrganicNZ Magazine | Soil and Health Association NZ ..read more

It is prolific, grows just about anywhere with minimal care, and self-seeds for the following season. Anna-Marie Barnes describes an easy-care plant that provides fresh greens all winter long. The post Miner’s Lettuce – Claytonia Perfoliata appeared first on OrganicNZ Magazine | Soil and Health Association NZ ..read more

Without the diverse organisms within our soil there would be no land- dwelling life on Earth. Duncan Smith describes the creatures and critters that underpin our plants, and ultimately, ourselves. The post Life Underground – A Guide To Aotearoa’s Soil Food Web appeared first on OrganicNZ Magazine | Soil and Health Association NZ ..read more

The single biggest influence on an organic garden is temperature. As Dr Charles Merfield explains, a comparatively minuscule variation can have dramatic consequences. The post The Significance Of Degrees appeared first on OrganicNZ Magazine | Soil and Health Association NZ ..read more

Thanks to everyone who join us for the first Organic Living Lab Series this Organic Week. The recordings of the four webinar workshops are now live and ready to watch and share. The post Watch the Organic Living Lab series appeared first on OrganicNZ Magazine | Soil and Health Association NZ ..read more

Layers of manipulation and obfuscation are being used to package deregulation of gene technologies as a net positive. Bonnie Flaws outlines how, and why one of New Zealand’s leading biological science professors considers regulation the best tool we have to prevent risk. The post Critical Thinking on Gene Technology Regulation appeared first on OrganicNZ Magazine | Soil and Health Association NZ ..read more

We are delighted to announce the winners in the People’s Choice, Peer-Reviewed, and Te Waka Kai Ora Chair’s Award categories for the OrganicNZ Awards 2024. The post The winners of the OrganicNZ Awards 2024 appeared first on OrganicNZ Magazine | Soil and Health Association NZ ..read more

Historian and Soil & Health NZ councillor, Matt Morris, chronicles the genesis of Soil & Health Association of NZ Inc., and the impact we have made on organics in New Zealand. The post The Rise, Reasoning, and Role of Soil & Health Association of NZ Inc. appeared first on OrganicNZ Magazine | Soil and Health Association NZ ..read more