Story: Organic farming

More links and websites

• BioGro New Zealand – FAQs about organics

  This BioGro web page answers frequently asked questions about organic farming in New Zealand.

• The Biological Husbandry Unit (BHU)

  The site of the Biological Husbandry Unit at Lincoln University includes cultural notes and a calendar for small-scale organic vegetable growing in Canterbury.

• Centre for the Study of Agriculture, Food and Environment

  From this page on the CSAFE site you can download a report on ‘The state of the organic sector in New Zealand, 2007’.

• Organics

  On the Ministry for Primary Industries website, information about organic production in New Zealand.

More suggestions and sources

• Fisk, Trisha. Practical organics for New Zealand farmers. Auckland: Reed, 2003.
• Teulon, David A. J., and others. Plant protection in organic arable and vegetable crops: a grower’s resource. Christchurch: New Zealand Institute for Crop & Food Research, 2005.