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GE Free Tasmania a shining example for NZ
Friday, 9 August 2019, 10:37 am | SOIL and HEALTH Assn of NZ
The Soil & Health Association congratulates the Tasmanian government for extending its ban on genetically engineered organisms for another 10 years, until 2029. More >>
Law change can support dairy and revitalise waterways
Friday, 8 February 2019, 4:13 pm | SOIL and HEALTH Assn of NZ
Soil & Health want Fonterra to collect all certified and in transition to organic Fonterra milk and to pay a premium for it, irrespective of locality. More >>
EPA must reassess glyphosate and neonics
Wednesday, 17 October 2018, 4:59 pm | SOIL and HEALTH Assn of NZ
The Soil & Health Association is calling for an enquiry into the independence of New Zealand’s Environmental Protection Authority (EPA), following the EPA’s announcement of priority chemical reassessments for possible bans or new controls. More >>
Community support for a GE-Free Waikato
Thursday, 18 January 2018, 5:21 pm | SOIL and HEALTH Assn of NZ
The Soil & Health Association is encouraging the Waikato District Council to adopt precautionary provisions in the Waikato District Plan for any genetically engineered organisms that may be trialed or commercially produced. More >>
A win for clean, green, GE-free New Zealand
Tuesday, 31 October 2017, 4:17 pm | SOIL and HEALTH Assn of NZ
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 31 October 2017 The Soil & Health Association is celebrating the decision by Federated Farmers to abandon its appeal against the right of councils to control the use of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in their territories. ... More >>
Food Regulator Ignores Health Risks of GE Potatoes
Wednesday, 4 October 2017, 11:47 am | SOIL and HEALTH Assn of NZ
Food regulator ignores health risks of GE potatoes 4 October 2017 - New Zealanders could soon be eating crisps and hot chips made from GE potatoes, with little idea of the added health risks from genetic engineering. Food Standards Australia New ... More >>
Organic Farmer New Chair of Soil & Health
Friday, 11 August 2017, 2:02 pm | SOIL and HEALTH Assn of NZ
11 August 2017 - A fourth-generation farmer has been selected as the new chair of the Soil & Health Association, following its AGM. Until 2014 Graham Clarke was a sheep and beef farmer for over 30 years in South Otago at Marama Farm, which was ... More >>
Nitrogen Fertiliser - The Elephant in The Room
Thursday, 15 June 2017, 9:51 am | SOIL and HEALTH Assn of NZ
High nitrate levels recently measured in the Tasman’s Waimea Plains signal yet another alarm bell for the health of our waterways, and the urgent need to reduce or eliminate the use of soluble nitrogen fertilisers, says the Soil & Health ... More >>
Organic dairy farmers reaping just rewards
Monday, 9 May 2016, 10:47 am | SOIL and HEALTH Assn of NZ
Organic dairy farmers reaping just rewards The huge rise in the milk payout to organic dairy farmers is a welcome encouragement forthe dairy sector to move towards clean, green and high-value production, according to the Soil & Health Association. More >>
Race for NZ to be world’s first 100% organic food producer
Friday, 8 March 2013, 10:17 am | SOIL and HEALTH Assn of NZ
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE New Zealand has a decade to clean up its act if it is to be world’s first 100% organic food producer. Bhutan recently announced its intention to claim the title and be pesticide free in the next ten years if we fail to do so. ... More >>
Organics Organisation Gets an MP for Its Seventieth
Thursday, 1 December 2011, 1:31 pm | SOIL and HEALTH Assn of NZ
The Soil & Health Association of New Zealand, which has just turned seventy, is hailing the election of Steffan Browning to Parliament as a great leap forward for New Zealand’s primary production sector. More >>
AgResearch Transgender Goats To Be Milked
Sunday, 12 June 2011, 1:12 pm | SOIL and HEALTH Assn of NZ
Soil & Health Association of New Zealand (Est. 1941) Publishers of ORGANIC NZ 12 June 2011 AgResearch Transgender Goats To Be Milked. AgResearch’s genetically engineered (GE) goat experiments have a new bizarre twist with surviving GE pregnancies ... More >>
Should AgResearch Be Charged With Fraud?
Sunday, 8 May 2011, 1:25 pm | SOIL and HEALTH Assn of NZ
Soil & Health Association of New Zealand (Est. 1941) Publishers of ORGANIC NZ 8 May 2011 Should AgResearch Be Charged With Fraud? More >>
ERMA has swallowed a lot of genetic bull from AgResearch
Friday, 6 May 2011, 10:06 am | SOIL and HEALTH Assn of NZ
Soil & Health Association of New Zealand (Est. 1941) Publishers of ORGANIC NZ ERMA has swallowed a lot of genetic bull from AgResearch. GE Trials Must Stop Immediately! More >>
Celebration As Killer Pesticide Endosulfan Ban Goes Global
Saturday, 30 April 2011, 2:59 pm | SOIL and HEALTH Assn of NZ
Environmental and food safety organisations internationally are celebrating the global phase out of the DDT-like organochlorine pesticide, endosulfan. New Zealand NGOs, Soil & Health Association, Pesticide Action Network - Aotearoa New Zealand, ... More >>
Scion’s Smoke Signals Warn of Imminent GE Trees Planting
Sunday, 17 April 2011, 5:40 pm | SOIL and HEALTH Assn of NZ
Clouds of smoke from a poorly maintained tractor at Crown Research Agency Scion’s genetically engineered (GE) tree field test site last week signals the imminent planting of government supported, but environmentally and economically risky, GE pine trees ... More >>
Government Must Separate GE Foods In New Zealand Shops
Sunday, 10 April 2011, 4:44 pm | SOIL and HEALTH Assn of NZ
New Zealand’s Minister of Consumer Affairs John Boscawen, and Minister for Food Safety Kate Wilkinson, need to follow the Cypriot Parliament’s lead and give New Zealand consumers the choice of whether to eat genetically engineered (GE) foods ... More >>
Dirty tricks campaign to get genetic engineering into NZ
Sunday, 3 April 2011, 4:13 pm | SOIL and HEALTH Assn of NZ
Soil & Health Association of New Zealand (Est. 1941) Publishers of ORGANIC NZ 3 April 2011 Dirty tricks campaign to get genetic engineering into the New Zealand landscape More >>
GE-Free New Zealand in food and environment
Thursday, 27 January 2011, 11:59 am | SOIL and HEALTH Assn of NZ
MAF has allowed Kate Valley Landfill to become New Zealand's next GE contaminated site, while dodging testing for GE contamination of more rogue brassica plants at Plant & Food Research's Lincoln GE brassica field trial site, although MAF's own ... More >>
GE Varroa Control No Santa Claus
Thursday, 23 December 2010, 2:03 pm | SOIL and HEALTH Assn of NZ
Genetically engineering varroa ( Varroa destructor) mites to self destruct is no Christmas present for New Zealand’s beekeepers, according to Soil & Health Association of NZ. More >>
