organics Archive

  • Sue Kedgley

    Food Bill update from Sue Kedgley - by Sue Kedgley



    So many people have contacted us with their concerns about the Food Bill that I requested a further meeting with officials to discuss these concerns read more
    September 13, 2011 1:13 pm - 56 Comments
  • frog

    Organic Dairy or GE nightmare? - by frog



    Soil and Health pose an interesting argument about why Fonterra is trying to cripple the organic dairy industry. Fonterra’s Gutting Of Organic Dairying Is The Next Step To GE Farms. Fonterra has taken its next step towards genetically engineered pastures, with its announced scaling back of organic production by half, according to the Soil & [...] read more
    August 23, 2011 10:48 am - 28 Comments
  • frog

    Good Farm Stories and the polluted Manawatu - by frog



    As Jeanette previewed yesterday, the Greens’ Good Farm Stories website has been launched today. You can find it here: www.goodfarmstories.org.nz. There’s a wealth of material, so grab a cup of tea and enjoy! read more
    November 26, 2009 12:43 pm - 7 Comments
  • Sue Kedgley

    Organics industry growth in jeopardy - by Sue Kedgley



    In the 2005 cooperation agreement between the Green Party and the previous Labour-led government, we negotiated funding for an Organics Advisory Service (OAS). It included mentoring support for conversion to organics and peer support for organic farmers. Unfortunately, after three years of successful service to the organics sector, the modest $2.15 million funding has now [...] read more
    June 30, 2009 4:42 pm - 63 Comments
  • frog

    The Problem, My Friend, is Blowin’ in the Wind… - by frog



    Flowers are normally a good thing. Unless they are genetically engineered brassica (broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage and forage kale) plants, that is. The Soil and Health Association of New Zealand is calling for MAF – Biosecurity NZ (MAFBNZ) to test for GE contamination of brassica seed and bee products – especially honey – from the Lincoln [...] read more
    March 28, 2009 1:36 pm - 11 Comments
  • frog

    It’s time to start living here as if we plan to stay - by frog



    Taranaki streams are struggling under the burden of dairy effluent according to the Daily News, with twice as many cases of non-compliance as last year.  However Taranaki is not the worst province in the country: In October last year, Environment Canterbury released a report on its monitoring of resource consent compliance that found 17.7 per [...] read more
    March 11, 2008 1:19 pm - 22 Comments
  • frog

    The world organics ladder - by frog



    According to the World of Organic Agriculture Statistics and Emerging Trends 2008, 0.4% of New Zealand’s agricultural land is organic. This places us 62nd on a list of 86 countries, roughly level pegging with Azerbaijan and China. Liechtenstein ‘wins’ the competition dedicating 29.1% of its agricultural land to organics. European countries fill out all the [...] read more
    March 5, 2008 8:31 am - 4 Comments
  • frog

    Dairy production - by frog



    Federated Farmers spokesperson Bruce McNab has a bit of a bee in his bonnet about the Greens call for changes to our industrial dairy industry. Today in the Independent Financial Review [offline] he says: The Greens, like many people, get on their soapbox and preach away but, other than reducing production, which is not in [...] read more
    February 20, 2008 11:11 am - 26 Comments