Blog

Keeping you up to date with all the latest news and views on organics, the OANZ Blog is your source for informal, regular communication, from the ground up.

New Zealand at BioFach Nuremberg

Fonterra and Comvita are participating in the "New Zealand" stand at BioFach Nuremberg, from 16-20 February.

22 Jan 2010 |

Get CoOL on World Food Day

Today is UN World Food Day, and OANZ is using the occasion to call for meaningful, mandatory country of origin labeling for fresh fruit, vegetables, meat and fish.

16 Oct 2009 |

Responding to the UK Food Standards Agency

OANZ has been responding to media this morning about a study, commissioned by the UK's Food Standards Agency, which claims that health differences between organic and non-organic food are "not important".

30 Jul 2009 |

OANZ Conference: Online Registration

Online registration for the OANZ conference is now available, with this event set to be the highlight of a very busy and positive year.

07 Jul 2009 |

Bees in the Beehive

Bee Week hit top gear last night with a function at Parliament's Beehive, hosted by the Minister of Agriculture and MC'd by "the bugman" Ruud Kleinpaste.

Lots of Ministers, MPs, officials and journalists turned out to taste a range of honeys (including several organic varieties) and learn about the opportunities and challenges which face New Zealand's bee industry.

06 May 2009 |

US Organic Sales Up 17% in 2008

The Organic Trade Association in the United States has released a report showing that U.S. sales of organic products (food and non-food) reached $24.6 billion by the end of 2008.

05 May 2009 |

President Obama's Hundred Organic Days

As US President Obama concludes his first hundred days in office, American organic advocates have some serious causes for hope.

First Lady Michelle Obama has helped plant an organic vegetable garden at the White House - leading a return to gardening which is taking off around the States.

30 Apr 2009 |

Opinion

Help The Honey Bees

Bee Week from 4-8 May will see OANZ looking at the values of honey and pollination, the effect of agrichemical use on bees, research and development (especially around controlling varroa), and how we need biosecurity that's able to stop any more crippling .

24 Apr 2009 |

Organic Coffee a Hit in Wellington

What a fantastic response to our Earth Day organic coffee giveaway this morning - around a thousand people turned up to Civic Square between 7.30am and 9.30am.

22 Apr 2009 |

Organic Coffee for Earth Day

Our organic coffee giveaway to celebrate Earth Day is due to start in just a few hours, and we're nearly ready - with a friendly volunteer having spent their afternoon attaching environment fliers to around a thousand packets of Inca-Fe's fair trade, organic coffee.

21 Apr 2009 |