Herbicides
RoundUp: the landmark case and what it means for our economy and our health
Glyphosate is one of the most commonly used weedkillers in the world, but there’s huge pressure to phase it out.
Find out why and what that might mean for our billion dollar agricultural sector. Audio
How does a kiwifruit orchard get organic certification?
Ryan McDonnell comes from a "really heavy spray background" but now manages four organic kiwifruit orchards. Country Life tags along as BioGro auditor Vivienne Cruickshank checks out whether they're… Audio
How does a kiwifruit orchard get organic certification?
Ryan McDonnell comes from a "really heavy spray background" but now manages four organic kiwifruit orchards. Country Life tags along as BioGro auditor Vivienne Cruickshank checks out whether they're…
AudioHerbicides and antibiotic resistance
Dr Brigitta Kurenbach and Dr Jack Heinemann at the University of Canterbury are studying how the use of common weedkillers is contributing to the problem of antibiotic resistance. Audio
Botany - don't mow the lawn, grow a meadow!
Plant ecologist Bec Stanley from Auckland Botanical Gardens on the chlorophyll-filled bio-mass that photosynthesises around us... don't mow the lawn, grow a meadow! Audio
