Soil & Health Association - Organic NZ Magazine
March/April 2010
Feeding body and soul
* Growing nutrient-dense food
* The spirit of food
* The power of plant foods and their health benefits
Plus-
- Recipes: Autumn abundance
- Preserving the harvest
- Community supported agriculture
- Seaweed and natural nutrition
- Earthbag building
Certified organic cotton – Genuine or greenwash?
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Published since 1942, Organic NZ is New Zealand's leading magazine on organics & sustainable living.
Soil & Health re-launches Project Gro
The fund will be used to support community groups, environment centres and schools starting-up and maintaining organic gardens, to create organic gardening resources and teach organic principles for health of people and planet.
Soil & Health is delighted to announce that the first recipient of Project Gro funds is EcoMatters Trust in Auckland.
Read more about Project Gro
Soil & Health acts to keep our farms free of GE animals
Read the Soil & Health Association submission to ERMA requesting this application be declined !
Details about submissions (closed Friday 18 December 2009).
Organic gardening and agriculture systems offer solutions to some of the world's big issues:
GE ? No thanks, we've got organics.
Climate Change Solutions ? Yes, we've got organics.
Food Security ? No problem, we've got organics.
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To know our food is safe and free from contamination is a fundamental human right. What safeguards exist for most New Zealand consumers standing in a supermarket? How can we change government policy so that safe locally produced organic food is the norm, not the exception?
With your help we will continue to campaign for nutrient-rich, organic food, saying no to GE, pesticides or synthetic additives, and yes to Country of Origin Labelling, and yes to a sustainable New Zealand.
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Campaigns
** February 2009 - GE brassica trial stopped!
Your donations led to this Soil & Health campaign success
Read the full story in: [url=organic-nz-magazine/1153/news-from-the-frontline-march-april-2009/]News from the Frontline March/April 2009[/url]
GE Campaign Action Needed
Submissions have closed on huge application for field trials of GE animals, but you can still take action to stop GE field trials proceeding - take action for GE-free
GE Telephone Poll - July 2009
Imminent GE Telephone Poll in Auckland and Northland (Colmar Brunton). Soil
& Health and GE Free Northland are putting out this alert to let
you know that the Auckland Regional Council and most of the territorial
authorities north of Auckland right up to Cape Reinga are planning to
carry out collaborative community consultation on Genetically Modified
Organisms.
See GE Free Northland site for more information.
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Book Club
We have a range of books for sale from our Book Club. Proceeds from the sale of these books is used for our campaign work.
Books cover gardening, farming and health issues.
Why Organic?
Understand why growing organically and buying organic food is good for you and the environment. You can vote with your dollars!
Organic Gardening
A guide for those wanting to learn about the principles and philosophy of growing organically. A highly recommended guide.
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News
Bethells Herbicides and Taranakis 1080 A National Issue
March 8, 2010
Conflict of Interest By GE Animals Hearing Chair
March 2, 2010
NGO's call for Diet drink's aspartame to be dumped in favour of natural sweeteners
January 10, 2010
What We Want For Christmas - Strawberry Growers To Go Organic
December 22, 2009
Global Research Alliance In New Zealand At Risk Of Unsustainable Outcomes
December 22, 2009
Organic Sector Firmly Opposed To Genetically Engineered Animals
December 20, 2009
Celery at top of dirty dozen
December 13, 2009
Clean Up Lincoln Countryside and Clean Out NZs GE Labs
December 2, 2009
GE Food and Environment Regulators Need Changing
November 12, 2009
ERMAs Chemical Cowboy Approach To Methyl Bromide Branded Reckless
November 6, 2009
Food Safety Minister Needs To Question GE Food Safety and Labelling.
October 26, 2009
Port Marlboroughs Independent Fumigation Monitoring A Sham
October 5, 2009
Marlborough Needs To Clean Up Its Air
September 17, 2009
US Commentator Calls New Zealand GE Trees Irresponsible
August 24, 2009
Pesticide residues in food shows need for organics
August 19, 2009
Proposed Amendment to the New Zealand Folic Acid Standard
August 11, 2009
Federated Farmers Bees Man Ambushing Beekeepers GE Protection
July 21, 2009
Life Sciences Confused About GE Risk
July 16, 2009
MAF dodging Plant & Food's $10million GE liability
June 28, 2009
A Quarter Million NZ Raised GE Eucalyptus Trees Intended for Planting in U.S
June 28, 2009
