Fruit and Veg
Organic Asparagus: What the Extra Money Actually Buys
The spear you buy this spring was powered by last autumn's fern. Here's what else went into it.
Organic farming
Sri Lanka Banned Fertiliser Overnight. Nobody Here Is Proposing That.
A Herald column used Sri Lanka's 2021 fertiliser ban to warn New Zealand off organic farming. The Sri Lanka facts hold up. The comparison doesn't, and the column's author sits on the boards of a fertiliser co-operative and DairyNZ, which pays for content on the same platform.
organic
Germany's organic food market is bigger than New Zealand's entire dairy industry
If you buy organic in New Zealand, you've probably felt like you're on your own. Thin shelves, high prices, a fussy choice. But across Europe, governments have spent thirty years building the largest organic food economy on earth. Here's what they know — and why we haven't started the conversation.
Organic farming
Chanel Buys Into NZ's Largest Organic Farm
A French fashion house just bought into a Central Otago high country station. Lammermoor has been certified organic since 2002, produces fine wool for Chanel garments, and runs one of NZ's rarest distilleries. Here's why this deal matters beyond the headline.
Little Farms
Little Farms and the quiet case for doing it differently
A former solicitor, a no-dig garden, and eleven Wairarapa farms working together. Little Farms just aired on Country Calendar — here's everything you need to know.
