The Australian organic industry is calling on state and federal Food Ministers to reject Food Standards Australia and New Zealand’s warning that the plan would strip consumers of their right to know whether the food they eat has been genetically modified(GM) or gene-edited.| Australian Organic
Secured a competitive grant to develop the nation’s first Research Development and Innovation (RD&I) Strategy for the Organic Horticulture Sector.| Australian Organic
The Coalition and the Australian Greens have each backed the introduction of a legislated definition of the word “organic”.| Australian Organic
AOL has expressed its disappointment with the tariffs imposed by Donald Trump and gives it's recommendations to ease the burden on producers.| Australian Organic
Australia’s peak body for certified organic producers, Australian Organic Limited (AOL), has welcomed the Federal Government’s support for a new national food security strategy and says the organic industry is well positioned to be a major contributor to the plan. Federal Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Julie Collins, announced that if re-elected, an Albanese Labor Government would commit $3.5 million to develop the Feeding Australia strategy, to boost the security and r...| Australian Organic
Australia’s certified organic industry has released a detailed and costed list of election priorities ahead of the federal election which have the potential to more than double the annual value of the $2.6b sector.| Australian Organic
The Organic Development Group, which represents nine of Australia's largest organic industry organisations, says momentum is building towards historic new consumer protections following the release of a Senate Committee Report declaring the current lack of regulation leaves the sector open to greenwashing and exploitation. The Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport Legislation Committee has spent the past two months examining the National Organic Standard Bill, which proposes to follow the ...| Australian Organic
Australian Organic Limited has provided a federal pre-budget submission, requesting investment in key areas to help support our industry's growth potential. These requests are broken down into three key pillars, as detailed below.| Australian Organic
Australia’s organic industry has welcomed the broad-based and emphatic support for the introduction of domestic regulation, with more than 95 per cent of submissions to a Senate Inquiry in favour of the move.| Australian Organic
Some of Australia’s leading organic businesses and certifiers have warned a Senate Inquiry that Australia risks going from world leader to world laggard if the National Organic Standard Bill is not passed in Parliament next year. The proposed legislation, introduced to Federal Parliament last month, follows years of advocacy by the organic industry to create a legal definition of the term “organic” for the Australian market.| Australian Organic