Welcome to the organics section here at Rural Trader. This is where you’ll find all sorts of information about organics.
You’ll find relevant news and articles, upcoming events, related blog and forum entries and organics video clips. Also you can gauge community opinion through our polls.
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Organics news and articles, events, bloggers, videos and photos.
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The organic sector has challenged the findings of the latest NZ Food Safety Authority report on chemical residues in fresh, unwashed produce, which claims they found "no health or food safety concerns"
OANZ is receiving strongly positive feedback to the guide to CCA-treated timber post alternatives for organic-certified vineyards, orchards and farms, released last week
The US-based Environmental Working Group has released a report showing which conventionally-grown fruits and vegetables are the most contaminated with chemicals - and which are the least contaminated
The Soil & Health Association believes recent adverse publicity about the widespread practice of artificially inducing cows on New Zealand dairy farms, is an opportunity to highlight the benefits of organic dairy products
With the North American economy recovering, sales of organic produce are picking up again and imported New Zealand fruit is no exception
When Marlborough winemaker Sam Weaver started producing wine using biodynamic methods in the late 1990s, most people thought he was mad
One of the world's oldest biodynamic farming groups - the Bio Dynamic Farming and Gardening Association in New Zealand Inc. - recently celebrated its 70th anniversary
The environmental benefits of organic production are confirmed in research launched recently by Organics Aotearoa New Zealand (OANZ)
An exchange programme between Central Otago Winegrowers and their organic counterparts in Burgundy is now into its fourth year and has proved enormously beneficial for participants in both countries
While much of the media focus on organics is on the glamorous export market, and the export-ready certifications offered by BioGro, AsureQuality and Demeter, there are many small-scale producers supplying the local market who rely on the less-heralded certification and support system provided by OrganicFarmNZ
...organic products is between 10 and 30% higher than conventional. Who wouldn't like that on the bottom line?
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