Soil & Health Association

January/February  2012

Features

* Cleaning up our waterways: A Rotorua initiative

Plus -

- Horse-powered CSA: An apprentice's view
- Strawberries: The taste of summer
- The falling age of puberty:Why it's everyone's problem
- Soil biology: Creatures beneath the earth
- Kiwifruit grower Peter Downard and dairy farmer Gavin Fisher
- Low tech chook house
- Super Summer salads
- The resurgence of hemp
- Genetic engineering: Substantially equivalent to previous farming practices?         PLUS

-Moon calender for January/February
and much more!

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GE free future for New Zealand!

Read our Submission to Environment Bay of Plenty Proposed Regional Policy Statement

The Soil & Health Association has many members in EBOP’s rohe which share concern over poor environmental outcomes of many land and water use activities. Genetic engineering (GE) within the region has no real controls besides those of the Environmental Risk Management Authority, and that agency has glossed over the risks.  An holistic approach to land and water use is required if land is to retain its productive capacity, and fresh water and marine habitats are to be restored. Air quality objectives must take special account of methyl bromide use and other pesticide use in the region. More...

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Organic NZ magazine goes digital

We are pleased to offer Organic NZ magazine in digital format, starting with the January/February 2011 issue.

We are using Zinio digital publishing system for the sale of individual issues and subscriptions. You can view Organic NZ digital on your PC, Mac or iPad. View now at - www.zinio.co.nz

Note: To find Organic NZ in Zinio, look in 'Men' or 'Women' categories and then in 'Health & Fitness' or use the search function.

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 Organic NZ now has a Facebook page.

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Project Gro

Soil & Health is delighted to announce that the first recipient of Project Gro funds is EcoMatters Trust in Auckland.

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.

Read more about Project Gro

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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.

Healthy Soil - Healthy Food - Heathy People

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Why Organic?

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