Organic NZ Magazine 2008

November/December 2008

• The solar greenhouse: Build or modify a greenhouse to make the most of the sun’s energy
• Solar bedside lamp: A fun and simple project for children
• Local organic holidays: Explore some places to go for organic, eco-friendly holidays around New Zealand

• Fermented foods: Kefir - We put some healthy yeasts and bacteria under the microscope
• Kefir recipes
• Women’s health: Herbs to balance and fortify the reproductive system
• Cardamom: Queen of spices - The history, uses and health benefits of a tropical spice – plus recipes
• Aspartame: Drop in diet drink sales

• Georgia: Home of the walnut - Walnut growing in the former Soviet state

• Lush growth in the garden - Beat the weeds that compete with your vegetables
• Organopónicos - Cuban raised beds come to New Zealand
• Little green fingers - Get into the garden with your children
• Moon calendar - Your guide for November and December

• Centuries of farming in Bhutan - A Himalayan family makes a living from an acre of land
• Gardens of empowerment - Social renewal in two Toronto community gardens
• Christchurch in transition - A city responds to the ‘transition towns’ movement

• Solar hot water - How to harness solar energy to heat your water, and benefit from EECA’s scheme

• Survey on GE animals - Most Kiwis don’t want them
• GE Watch: GE horse fl u vaccine? No thanks!
• News from the frontline - GE animals applications
  Northland councils wary of GE
  Unitec horticulture courses dropped

• Research funding to develop Maori organics
• OANZ: promoting the sector
• Milestones for BioGro

• Editorial
• Letters
• News
• Book reviews
• Competitions
• Things we like
• Organic NZ Book Club
• Goods and services directory
• What’s on

September/October 2008

• Agricultural practice and food nutrition: New Zealand Institute of Food Science and Technology Conference – encouraging research on organic practices is presented to the mainstream
• Organics: Solutions for the world: IFOAM Organic World Congress – experts from around the globe combine pragmatism and passion
• Local, diverse, GMO-free: Planet Diversity Conference – recognition, celebration and protection for cultural and ecological diversity

• Cervical cancer and the HPV vaccine - Facts you want to know about this controversial vaccine
• Fermented foods - This food of culture promotes nutritional health and sustainability
• Spring detox - The key to good health and vitality
• Naturally clean - The soap nut tree berry is a healthier and environmentally friendlier washing option

• The Big Dig debate concludes - Will the plough be permanently put out to pasture in favour of a no-till system?
• Organic cropping in Georgia - Overcoming the challenges of limited resources and the fuel crisis
• Learning to grow - Organic horticulture course in Christchurch is a great success
• Facts about boron

• Spring seed sowing - Inspiration to get you planting
• Wooden garden edging - Avoiding the toxic time bomb of treated timber in your garden
• Moon calendar: Your guide for September and October

• Energy, alchemy and transition - Transition Town Thames has plenty of momentum and it’s underpinned by strong principles

• Earth building in New Zealand: With specialist testing and committed practitioners, earth building is going mainstream

• GE Watch: Ex-GE scientist calls for pointless field trial applications to be declined
• News from the frontline - Soil & Health Association campaign updates and news:
  - Scion GE tree field trial ends
  - Alarming residue test results validate need for mandatory Country of Origin Labelling

• Organic Dairy and Pastoral Group
• Organic Farm New Zealand

• Editorial
• Letters
• News
• Book reviews:
  - Growing Gardeners, by Dee Pigneguy
  - Kiwi Conservation Club magazine
  
• Competitions
  - Be in to win natural cleaning packs and childrens’ books
  
• Things we like
• Organic NZ Book Club
• Goods and services directory
• What’s on

July/August 2008

• Talking real food - Michael Pollan offers an international perspective on the food crisis
• Pride in production - How food production should be: local and sustainable
• Getting together - Can we respond to peak oil and have food security?

• Brewing benefits - The amazing properties of green and white tea
• Painful joints - Helpful herbs to ease the pain this winter
• Winter warmers - Nourishing recipes to enjoy

• The Big Dig debate continues - Is digging and tilling the best option for our soil?
• What goes around... Timely advice about crop rotation
• Passing on organic wisdom, Success for a farmer-to-farmer mentor programme

• Food gardening in Queensland - The challenges of a subtropical garden
• The fascinating fava - The unexpectedly interesting broad bean
• Moon calendar for July and August
• Gardening in the winter months

• Island conundrum - Vanuatu is a microcosm of a worldwide problem

• Timber treatment and your alternatives - Information for all home builders

• Hawkes Bay heroes - From the Environment Centre hub, a sustainable community is being created
• Fine organic dining in Auckland

• GE Watch - New Zealand’s GE ‘offal hole’ disgrace
• News from the frontline - Soil & Health Association campaign updates and news

• Organic Advisory Programme update
• Bio Dynamic Conference
• Organic Winegrowers New Zealand
• BioGro’s 25th anniversary

• Editorial
• Letters
• News
• Book reviews
• Competitions
• Products we like
• Goods and services directory
• What’s on

May/June 2008

• Organic orchards - How you too can enjoy the old-fashioned taste of home-grown fruit
• Pick of the crop - Top growers talk about their favourite fruits
• When apples were apples… An old-time gardener rediscovers the tastes of her youth

• Soil carbon credits boon for organic farmers
• Keeping it fair - Fair Trade Fortnight
• From city to waste to famers' mulch
• Into the mouths of children

• A persimmon a day… Why you should be glad the persimmon season has started
• Surviving winter chills - Keep yourself healthy the natural way

• Seeds of change - Growing organic seeds is the hot new market
• The Big Dig debate - Dr Charles Merfeld on why we shouldn’t be tilling the land
• A worm’s-eye view

• Grow great garlic - Get ready to plant for a bumper summer harvest
• Preparing for winter - Dr Tim Jenkins on what we should be doing in the garden
• Gardening by the moon - Holger Kahl’s moon calendar for May and June

• Building a lifeboat - Kay Baxter on building a lifeboat community
• Oh baby! Raising organic children in a modern world

• Sustainable, Green or Natural? A guide to the confusing language of sustainable buildings

• Love your manure! Julie Craig gets down in the dung for the love of her garden

• News from the frontline - Soil & Health Association update
• Are we GE-free or not? What has – and hasn’t – been implemented from the Royal Commission on Genetic Modifi cation
• On the world stage - Preview of this year’s IFOAM congress

• Editorial
• Letters
• Response to letter - How do I do that? Growing year-round spuds
• Book reviews
• Competitions
• Products
• Goods and services directory
• What’s on

March/April 2008

• The great grain drain - Where does the grain you’re eating come from?
• Grains for the people - We visit an organic grain farm
• Home-grown grain - A Northland family grows its own breakfast cereal

• Tributes flow for three organic pioneers, Joe Polaischer, Austin Holden and Norman Trevor Wright

• Cuban permaculture leader in NZ - Roberto Perez
• Climate warriors turn to agriclture
• GE contamination could cost big money
• Hawaii might ban aspartame

• Bountiful buckwheat - How and why you should eat this wondergrain
• The secret of sensible storage - Why fruit and vegetables don’t live together
• Sweet poison - What the Safe Food Campaign doesn’t like about aspartame

• Organic worm-drenches - What are they and do they work?

• One man’s world - Bill McConnochie, an 83 year old gardener with a lot to share
• Cuba to the rescue - Learning from the Cubans how to make the most of garden space
• Moon calendar for March and April

• Letter from Kay - Kay Baxter harvests “new” varieties of heritage tomatoes on the East Cape

• Julie Craig’s homespun - Pickles and preserves, saving the summer harvest for winter feasting
• Organics to the rescue - How an inner-city garden looked after itself when its owners got sick

• GE Watch - Who pays when GE-crops cross with non-GE crops?
• GE field trials - What’s going on out there?
• News from the frontline, Soil & Health Association update

• Editorial
• Letters
• Book reviews
• Competitions
• Products
• Goods and services directory
• What’s on

January/February 2008

• Treat me right - Raising healthy, organic farm animals
• Horse sense - Natural horsemanship sends a rider to the
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• The problem with battery farms - Why it’s inhumane to keep chickens in cages
• To the rescue - Hen liberators in Christchurch

• GE tree trial breach, Rotorua
• More companies go GE Free
• Country of Origin Labelling

• Spice with a history - Mustard is one of the most popular spices in the world

• Tim’s Tips - Tim Jenkins answers farming problems
• What’s in a name? - What does organic certification really mean?
• Closing the circle - Living the dream on an organic market garden in North Canterbury
• Wild carrot - The good and the bad of this prolific family
• Grower Gary goes forth in Hawai’i - Lessons from an ex-pat gardener

• Eating your minerals - The garden in January and February
• Ask Kay - Kay Baxter on coping with white fly
• Moon calendar - Gardening by the moon in January and February

• Letter from Kay - Update on Kay Baxter’s new life on the East Coast

• Ellerslie Flower Show - The interesting and the organic from the last show in Auckland
• Meet the Craigs - A city family putting the organic lifestyle into action
• Julie Craig’s homespun - How to make your own washing liquid

• Hands-on horticulture - Take the new course at the BHU
• GE Watch - Corn wars
• News from the frontline

• Editorial
• Letters
• Book reviews
• Competitions
• Products - Things we like
• Goods and services directory
• What’s on - Events you won’t want to miss