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.
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.
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.
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.
Jon Tanner, OANZ Chief Executive Officer, was the feature guest on Radio New Zealand's "Nine to Noon" this morning - talking about his background, the world food supply and the role that organics can play in New Zealand's future primary production. You can listen to the audio online.
Horticulture New Zealand, the National Beekeepers Association, OANZ and Plant & Food Research are presenting Bee Week from 4-8 May.
