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Early adopters of organic grain growing had few markets for their produce. A small percentage of the crop could be sold to home-millers, but there were few processing outlets. Some grain growers purchased mills and marketed their own product, usually stone-ground flour. Some of these businesses have grown into current-day processors and retailers such as Four- Leaf and Kialla Farms.The market for organic grains grew rapidly in the nineties, with the appearance of nationally distributed products such as Uncle Toby’s Vita Brits.By the early 2000’s grains were the major organic export from Australia and the domestic market was growing rapidly, ... Read more

Organic Grain

Grain - Standards

This summary has been drawn from the National Standard for Organic and Bio-Dynamic Produce. The National Standards a minimum standard for Australian certification bodies (CBs) and some CBs may use a ‘private standard’ that imposes additional requirements. Please check with your CB to ensure compliance.Requirements in this Standard are complementary and additional to other health, agricultural, environmental, food and production related regulatory requirements at Commonwealth, State, Territory and other relevant levels. This includes adherence to the Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals ... Read more

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Malcolm Loechel

Malcolm and Sue Loechel and their children are BFA certified farmers who farm at Nildotie, in the Murray Mallee region of South Australia.Malcolm was born in the district and has farmed there all his life. He says “I’ve farmed for 35 years since I left school, but I was farming long before that too.”The Murray Mallee soils are not easy to farm, organic or not, and Malcolm readily describes his country as fragile and marginal. He describes most of the 3,700 acres is “like station country”. About 1,000 acres of arable land forms an island if “crop able land” surrounded by lime stone plain. They have quite large area of native mallee and bush, ensuring several kilometers of protection from conventional farmers.The 400 acre home ... Read more

Malcolm Loechel

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Export Markets outside USA and JapanAt present all AQIS accredited certified organic produce is accepted for entry into the EU, based upon an equivalence arrangement between the EU and the Australian Government. For most categories of goods, specific certification arrangements are required for entry into the USA and Japan. The USDA operates the National Organic Program (NOP) and Japan operates the Japanese Agricultural Standards (JAS).China has recently announced a requirement for Chinese certification, and most organic goods will need to ... Read more

Farmers Markets

Shocked by the poor quality of food available in US cities, I started the search for an edible piece of fruit.I first discovered farmers markets on a six-week research trip ... Read more

The Market for Organic food

The market for organic food continues to grow in response to rising environmental awareness and even in current economic downturn the industry is still growing, albeit at a lower rate ... Read more

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