Organic

The scruffy weed-filled corner of your yard could be the key to making a thriving garden. Eecologist Wendy Seabrook makes the case for weeds. Video, Audio

Spring Collective is a co-operatively run organic market garden. A year ago Penny Sewell, Dominique Schacherer and Logan Kerr pooled their resources, secured an eight hectare block in Leeston and… Audio

Earthquake demolition work in Christchurch has made way for an urban farm that is equipping young people with life and work skills.  Audio, Gallery

Today there are a multitude of pressures placed on designers in the fashion industry as consumers increasingly demand transparency in the manufacturing process. But there are many ways to approach… Audio

With a passion for healthy living and a belief that conventional farming was affecting people's health, Southland farmers Lois and Robin Greer stopped using chemicals on their Tuturau dairy farm 15… Audio

Māori potatoes (taewa) grown at Koukourārata Marae have been selling like hot cakes at farmers' markets around Christchurch – and all profits are going back to the marae. Audio

Grapes came off early at the Te Whare Ra organic vineyard in Marlborough this year so were saved from damage that would have been delivered by Cyclone Debbie. Cosmo Kentish-Barnes catches up with Te… Audio

Gilda Otway grows hazelnuts in the Puaha Valley on Banks Peninsula using permaculture and organic principles. Audio

Mesh cover laid over potato crops is proving effective in controlling potato pests and reducing potato blight without chemical sprays. Audio

Kathryn Ryan meets John Bostock, pioneer of commercial organic apple production in New Zealand. The Hawkes Bay based Bostock Group exports almost 90% of the country's organic apple crop, earning more… Audio