BIOLOGICAL HUSBANDRY UNIT ORGANIC TRUST (BHUOT)
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BHU Students Graduating in August 2010
The BHU has student graduates who will be looking for work. They all have a sound background in the fundamentals of horticulture and organics, year 2 students have the added experience from growing at the BHU under Organic Farm NZ Certification. If you would like to know more contact Bill Martin : bill@bhu.co.nz
The Biological Husbandry Unit (BHU)
The Biological Husbandry Unit (BHU) was established in 1976 and in August 2001 was relaunched as the BHU Organics Trust. It is a charitable trust comprising representatives of organisations and farmers involved in organic agriculture and sustainable farming who govern the BHU. The BHU features a diverse range of established model organic agricultural and horticultural systems that are used for research, demonstration and education.
We conduct participatory research and welcome contact from those interested in the findings and those that might want to be involved in experiments themselves.
Our current funding support from MAF Sustainable Farming Fund focuses on demonstrating best practice and new technologies that aid organic and sustainable farm operations. We host PRACTICAL workshops for Small Farms on a wide range of pertinent topics.
We are also maintaining and adding to the model systems present at the BHU to demonstrate and monitor benefits and considerations of as diverse systems as mixed cropping, No Input, Kyusei Nature Farming and Asian Pacific Polyculture.
Commercial BHU crop production supports our key aims and helps keep the research relevant.
