Organic NZ Magazine

March/April 2010

• Growing nutrient-dense food. Why we need more nutritious food, by Kay Baxter
• The spirit of food. Ruth Cohen explores the spiritual dimension of food
• The power of plant foods. Susanna Lyle describes some phytonutrients and their health benefits
  

• Eggplant, Pam Blowers celebrates a delicious, healthy vegetable
• Recipes - Autumn abundance, by Pam Blowers and Denise Cox
• Good health cup by cup. Sandra Clair suggests a daily herbal tea regime
  

• Fruits of the harvest: How to harvest, process and store fruit, by Denise Cox
• Preserving the harvest, Denise Cox outlines the options
• Your questions answered: Heavy metal residues, wasps' nests, excess leaf growth, by Mike Palmers
• Moon calendar for March and April, By Holger Kahl
  

• Community supported agriculture. Marion Bridge reports on a new Waiheke Island initiative
  

• Biofarm organic. Mere Takoko interviews pioneer organic dairy farmers Cathy and Jamie Tait-Jamieson
• Seaweed and natural nutrition, Jill Bradley recommends seaweed for healthy soil, plants and animals
• Escaping parasites - Management tips for lice and roundworms in sheep and cattle, by Dr Tim Jenkins
  

• Earthbag building: Annie Stuart introduces a simple, low-cost building technique
  

• Science Watch: Freedom to speak
• Certified organic cotton – Genuine or greenwash? By Steffan Browning
• News from the frontline: Update on Soil & Health activities by spokesman Steffan Browning
  

• Round-up
  

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

January/February 2010

In store 21 December 2009, for your reading pleasure during the holiday season.

• Cotton: why organic is better. By Nandor Tanczos
• Pure and precious Organic baby clothing. By Anissa Ljanta
• Markets for organic wool. By Sandra Finnie

• Thyme: Nature’s respiratory hero. By Sandra Clair
• Rice: Using, cooking and getting the most nutritional value, by Karin Puttner
• Summer recipes
  

• Garden escapes: A cautionary tale. By Denise Cox
• Young green shoot: Adam Guyton. By Robert Guyton
• Your questions answered. By Mike Palmers
• Moon calendar for January and February. By Holger Kahl
• A new pest: the tomato/potato psyllid. By Dr Nadine Berry

• The Hislop tradition: Fifty years of family organics in Kaikoura, by Mark Rogers
  

• When meat is good - The sustainability and health benefits of meat and milk from pasture-fed animals, by Mary Ralston
• Hands-on approach to wine. Dr Tim Jenkins profiles Seresin Estate
• Royal organic patron, Bob Taylor revisits Prince Charles’s organic farm

• Earthbuilding old and new, Marion Bridge reports on the conference of the Earth Building Association

• Clean, green laundry products: Fran Hammond tests some ecofriendly laundry products
• Science watch: Poisons in your mouth: mercury amalgam by Dr Mike Godfrey
• News from the frontline: Methyl bromide, and GE foods, animals and fi eld trials by Steffan Browning
  

• OANZ conference; Joe Polaischer memorial orchard

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