All posts in the topic Soil & Health 65th AGM (Short link)
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- Latest post made by Brian Sandle at May 15 00:35 UTC
Hi all a reminder that the Canterbury Branch of the Soil & Health Association - the oldest organics organisation in New Zealand - is celebrating its 65th birthday Thursdsay 15 May, 7pm at the Oxford Tce Baptist Church (corner Madras St and Oxford Tce) Guest speaker, Rev. Maurice Gray. Some delicious organic food has been donated by local organic businesses to help us celebrate, so don't miss out! All are welcome. Kind regards Matt Morris Branch President Matt Morris <<email obscured>> wrote: Hi all, please note, too, that the Canterbury Branch of the Soil & Health Association is celebrating its 65th birthday next week. Thursday 15 May, 7pm at the Oxford Tce Baptist Church. All are welcome. Soil & Health formed in the 1940s as the New Zealand Humic Compost Club and has been promoting organic agriculture and gardening since then. Come along and get some free organic birthday cake. Matt Morris Branch President. andrew wrote: Hi All, Some upcoming Greens events: "Shopping With Sue With Green Party MP Sue Kedgley, Safe Food Spokesperson Join Sue on a guided supermarket tour. Hear more about nutrition labelling, identifying cruelty free and locally grown food, and find out how to avoid GE and additives. Details: 10.15 - 11.15am on Thursday 8th May 2008 - Pak'n'Save Wainoni Supermarket, 174 Wainoni Road, Wainoni For more information, please RSVP to: Catherine on 04 470 6717 (call collect) or email <email obscured>" More at: http://www.greens.org.nz/searchdocs/other9084.html Also, Sue is speaking on Thursday night, 8pm, at St. Barnabas Church Hall, Fendalton Rd., on "Why we need a Food Revolution", along with Kennedy Graham, Greens candidate for Ilam. Andrew Groom Bryndwr, Christchurch Info about Andrew Groom: http://forums.e-democracy.org/p/andrewgroom This topic's messages may be viewed at: http://forums.e-democracy.org/r/topic/2VcGG9Nv8guBdwoNqPyKEN
The i-sis.org.uk website champions organics as the only answer to the world food problem. I think there may be some risk associated with "organics" if plants are chosen which are insect resistant because they have high level of natural toxins. I would like to explore that. It probably is not as much of a trouble as high levels of nitrate in forced vegetables. Please add the following to your knowledge: http://www.i-sis.org.uk /Terminator_Mosquitoes_to_Control_Dengue. ISIS Press Release 14/05/08 Terminator Mosquitoes to Control Dengue? Why take a dangerous, costly, and untested high tech option when safe, effective, and affordable alternatives are available. Prof. Joe Cummins and Dr. Mae-Wan Ho