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Organic 2020

In 2001, a very successful Organic 2020 conference was held at Unitec, Auckland. Below are the proceedings of that conference.

Description	Web link	PDF file
GREEN PARTY SPOKESPERSON FOR AGRICULTURE, EDUCATION AND BIOSECURITY Ian Ewen-Street MP	link	.PDF
PESTICIDAL (GM) CROPS AND ORGANIC FARMING E. Ann Clark, Plant Agriculture, University of Guelph, Canada	link	.PDF
WORKING WITH PROCESSES OF CHANGE, PARTICULARLY PSYCHOLOGICAL PROCESSES, WHEN IMPLEMENTING ORGANIC FARMING. Prof. Stuart B. Hill, Foundation Chair of Social Ecology, University of Western Sydney, Australia	link	.PDF
EFFECTING CHANGE Scott Kinnear - Chair of Organic Federation of Australia	link	.PDF
THE PROFITABILITY OF ORGANIC DAIRY FARMING Hella Bauer-Eden	link	.PDF
SAVING WHAT SEED IS LEFT Kay Baxter	link	.PDF
ORGANICS & AQUACULTURE Dr Sean Handley NIWA Nelson	link	.PDF
MANAGING THE TRANSITION FROM CONVENTIONAL TO ORGANIC FARMING Terry Kelly, Gretchen Gempton, & Alan Palmer Institute of Natural Resources, Massey University, New Zealand	link	.PDF
URBAN AGRICULTURE IN AUCKLAND Betsy Kettle	link	.PDF
DAIRY FARMS IN TRANSITION: PAIRED FARM STUDY IN NEW ZEALAND Neil MacGregor and Alan S. Palmer, Massey University	link	.PDF
CONVERSION Seagar Mason	link	.PDF
ORGANIC VITICULTURE James Millton. The Millton Vineyard, Manutuke, Poverty Bay	link	.PDF
WORKSHOP PASTORAL/ANIMAL Steph Mitchell	link	.PDF
A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE THROUGH CO-OPERATION, COMMUNICATION AND CONSUMERS John Pearce, Shelly Beach Farms	link	.PDF
SUSTAINABILITY AND COMMUNITY SUPPORTED AGRICULTURE FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF A SMALLHOLDER Joe Polaischer	link	.PDF
INVESTIGATING THE MARKET FOR ORGANIC FOOD: DUNEDIN, NEW ZEALAND AND THE WORLD Margaret Ritchie, Hugh Campbell and Leda Sivak, Dept of Anthropology, University of Otago	link	.PDF
IS GENETIC ENGINEERING A BIOTECH (REVOLUTION)? Tee Rogers-Hayden* Geography and Health Development and Policy, University of Waikato, Hamilton.	link	.PDF
ORGANIC VITICULTURE & WINEMAKING Kingsley Tobin, Kingsley Estate Vineyard, Hawkes Bay	link	.PDF
PESTICIDES IN FOOD: WHY GO ORGANIC An analysis of New Zealand's latest Total Diet Survey Alison White, Pesticide Action Network NZ/ Safe Food Campaign NZ, Wellington	link	.PDF
PERCEPTIONS OF THE ORGANIC INDUSTRY TOWARDS GENETIC ENGINEERING Anita Wreford, Terry Kelly, & John Holland, Institute of Natural Resources Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand	link	.PDF
ORGANICS BY 2020 - A PERSPECTIVE FROM URBAN DWELLERS, Pat Wright, Motueka	link	.PD

Vision Conference 2002

In 1999 the Soil and Health Association of New Zealand launched the idea of Organic 2020 – a movement to create an organic New Zealand within twenty years. Much support was generated for the idea over a short period. In the last 12 months, the moment for such a vision has continued to ripen, partly in response to the handling of the issues of genetic engineering by the Royal Commission and the Government.

What was clearly needed in 2002 was detailed work on the details of the vision for an organic New Zealand. With this in mind, Soil and Health dedicated their biannual conference to crafting the detail of Organic 2020.

Eighty people came together for three days at the Aotea Centre in Auckland. They came from all over the country, some representing organisations, more as informal representatives of local groups and communities. Between them, they brought a full range of perspectives on what the vision could look like and what would be needed to achieve it.

Report of the vision conference held 2-4 May 2002, Aotea Centre, Auckland (PDF 464Kb)

2003 Soil & Health National Conference

“Organic 2020 – Organic Solutions”

The 2003 Conference was hosted by CPIT in Christchurch. Guest speaker at the Conference was Professor Stuart Hill. Stuart works for the School of Social Ecology & Lifelong Learning at the University of Western Sydney-Hawkesbury. He was a thoroughly delightful and insightful speaker who entertained, enlightened and inspired his audience. Stuart has provided us with some of his previously presented papers:

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