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Campaigns

The Soil & Health Association of New Zealand Inc, has campaigned, promoted, educated and advocated for organic production and sustainable living since it's beginning in 1941. We are the oldest organisation in the world dedicated to this cause.

We have a vision to create an Organic New Zealand, and we work on many issues surrounding health, safe food, pesticides, genetic engineering, sustainable development and organic food production.

We represent our members and supporters on these issues at a local and national level.

Our current work includes:

- Organic 2020 - a vision for New Zealand

Pesticides and Chemicals

- Reducing the harm and eliminating the risk of pesticides in NZ

- Methyl Bromide press releases

- Endoslfan - New Zealand needs to ban this chemical

Aspartame, artificial sweetener (951)

- Aspartame - artificial sweetener - a risk to our health?

Campaign to stop the Therapeutic Products and Medicines Bill

- Stopping the Therapeutic Products and Medicines Bill

There is no apparent justification for this bill and no evidence of an appropriate analysis of risk to consumer choice and costs to small business.
Read about the Therapeutic Products and Medicines Bill
Go to our media release page to view releases on this issue

Genetic Engineering

- Keeping NZ GE Free

December 2006 - Proposed GE field trial called crazy by Soil & Health; will lead to end of NZ's GE-free status says Greens. Read the application summary. See submission info.
28 May 2007 - GE brassica decision lacks justification - Soil & Health outraged at GE crop testing decision.
30 May 2007 - Former Crop & Food Scientist says GE Brassica field test approval lacked scrutiny

Mandatory Fortification

- Campaign against the mandatory fortification of bread with folic acid

Soil & Health has campaigned against the proposed mandatory fortification of bread with folic acid - read our media release, see our submission, and read what some of our members have said.
WIN for Organics - 3 April 2007 - Yes to organic exemption from mandatory folic acid fortification

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Soil & Health Association of New Zealand Inc (est 1941) Healthy Soil - Healthy Food - Healthy People