Scoop has an Ethical Paywall
Scoop InfoPages
This InfoPage in unregistered, if this is your news page register Soil and Health Association for InfoPages here.
Soil and Health Association - Latest News [Page 8]
Crown Research Institute Fails Its Science Test
Tuesday, 6 May 2008, 10:21 am | Soil and Health Association
5 May 2008 Crown Research Institute Fails Its Science Test Big Time Scion’s GE Tree Field Trial Research Result Claims Unsubstantiated. Crown Research Institute Scion’s claim that its research shows that GE trees are environmentally safe is ... More >>
Time for Organics To Lead The Way
Thursday, 17 April 2008, 10:46 am | Soil and Health Association
Soil & Health Association of New Zealand (Est. 1941) Publishers of ORGANIC NZ 16 April 2008 Review Shows That NZ Is Not Ready For GE Production, More >>
Get diet drinks out of our schools!
Thursday, 17 April 2008, 10:43 am | Soil and Health Association
A petition requesting the removal of all products containing aspartame and other artificial sweeteners from schools will be presented to Green MP Sue Kedgley at Parliament on Thursday 17 April at 12.15pm. Free Phoenixdrinks without aspartame will be distributed ... More >>
New GE Onions Trial A Waste of Resources
Sunday, 13 April 2008, 2:54 pm | Soil and Health Association
Soil & Health Association of New Zealand (Est. 1941) Publishers of ORGANIC NZ 11 April 2008 New GE Onions Trial A Waste of Resources. Crop & Food's application for a new, riskier field trial of genetically engineered (GE) onions, ... More >>
Euthanase GE Animals, Don’t Create More!
Friday, 11 April 2008, 10:44 am | Soil and Health Association
Media Release Attention; Agriculture, NGO, Environmental, Food, Trade, Science, Local Body, and Government Reporters. Soil & Health Association of New Zealand (Est. 1941) Publishers of ORGANIC NZ 11 April 2008 More >>
Soil & Health Boosts Methyl Bromide Protest
Friday, 4 April 2008, 10:45 am | Soil and Health Association
Soil & Health Association of New Zealand (Est. 1941) Publishers of ORGANIC NZ 4 March 2008 More >>
Food Safety Review Lacks True Independence
Thursday, 27 March 2008, 4:48 pm | Soil and Health Association
Soil & Health is concerned that the review of some New Zealand Food Safety Authority’s (NZFSA) decisions including A1-A2 milk, artificial sweetener aspartame and campylobacter, lacks the independence required. More >>
GE Brassica Planting Possibly Illegal
Wednesday, 19 March 2008, 9:43 am | Soil and Health Association
Soil & Health Association of New Zealand (Est. 1941) Publishers of ORGANIC NZ 18 March 2008 GE Brassica Planting Possibly Illegal More >>
Rotorua GE Tree Trial Remains Environment Threat
Monday, 17 March 2008, 9:32 am | Soil and Health Association
The GE tree field trial at Rotorua, run by Crown research institute Scion, has an increasing risk of spreading GE pollen according to the Soil & Health Association. More >>
New Zealand's Fast Forward Must Be Organic
Thursday, 13 March 2008, 9:20 am | Soil and Health Association
Yesterday's government announcement of a new fund called New Zealand Fast Forward of $700 for future research, development and innovation in the pastoral and food industries has overlooked the obvious need for organics, according to the Soil & ... More >>
Safety Agencies Are Dangerously Misleading
Thursday, 28 February 2008, 9:19 am | Soil and Health Association
Soil & Health Association of New Zealand (Est. 1941) Publishers of ORGANIC NZ 29 February 2008 Wellington's Air Quality Safety Agencies Are Dangerously Misleading. Failure by Greater Wellington Regional Council, CentrePort and the Department of ... More >>
Wellington Toxic Gas Plume Headed to Oriental Pde
Tuesday, 26 February 2008, 12:48 am | Soil and Health Association
Large volume toxic methyl bromide fumigation continued this morning at Wellington’s CentrePort with the cruise ship Statendam berthed today 140 metres north of the fumigation site. More >>
MAF Biosecurity Choking on the Truth
Monday, 18 February 2008, 10:13 am | Soil and Health Association
Soil & Health is alarmed at the collusion between government agencies that is being displayed in their damage control efforts, following serious breaches of the trial of genetically engineered pine trees near Rotorua. More >>
Organic farming is the clean green solution
Friday, 15 February 2008, 10:04 am | Soil and Health Association
Organic farming is the truly sustainable solution to our dirty record in agriculture, says the Soil and Health Association, in response to the recently released 2007 State of the Environment Report. More >>
Methyl bromide log fumigation must stop
Thursday, 7 February 2008, 10:41 am | Soil and Health Association
Soil & Health Association of New Zealand (Est. 1941) Publishers of ORGANIC NZ 6 February 2008 More >>
GE Tree Report Failure May Bring Tears To Onions
Tuesday, 5 February 2008, 4:43 pm | Soil and Health Association
State-owned GE tree researcher Scion has been negligent in its reporting, as has GE trial auditor MAF Biosecurity New Zealand, and the Environmental Risk Management Authority (ERMA) may have been complicit in this, the Soil & Health Association has ... More >>
GE Tree Trial Breach Shows Contradictions
Wednesday, 16 January 2008, 9:59 am | Soil and Health Association
Media Release Soil & Health Association of New Zealand (Est. 1941) Publishers of ORGANIC NZ 16 January 2008 More >>
Christmas is over Scion, take the GE trees down
Monday, 14 January 2008, 11:36 am | Soil and Health Association
It’s time for Scion to pull down its Rotorua GE Christmas trees, says the Soil & Health Association. “Scion appears unable to manage its genetic engineering tree experiments to meet the requirements of its ERMA consent, so like any Christmas trees, ... More >>
Aspartame: Ditch The Diet Coke, The Facts Are Out
Saturday, 22 December 2007, 11:21 pm | Soil and Health Association
The Soil & Health Association of NZ is impressed with the 'Think Before You Drink' anti-aspartame campaign and their bringing into the public arena the shonky science and politics behind the approval of the artificial sweetener. More >>
Aspartame Research Needed, Not Coca-Cola Soft Sell
Tuesday, 27 November 2007, 4:20 pm | Soil and Health Association
The Soil & Health Association is calling for open and independent research into how widespread the effects of the artificial sweetener aspartame are on the health and well-being of New Zealanders, following last week's admission by the Ministry ... More >>
