Industry News & Updates

Australian Organic Limited in partnership with Southern Cross University and all five Australian organic certification bodies have successfully secured a competitive grant to develop the nation’s first Research Development and Innovation (RD&I) Strategy for the Organic Horticulture Sector.....

The Coalition and the Australian Greens have each backed the introduction of a legislated definition of the word “organic”. The move would close a loophole that currently allows products to carry an organic label in Australia with as little as two per cent certified organic content, leaving the industry open to greenwashing from non-certified producers....

The nation’s peak organic industry group, Australian Organic Limited (AOL), has expressed its disappointment with the latest round of tariffs imposed by US President, Donald Trump, but says there are two moves the Australian government could make to ease the burden on Australian producers. AOL CEO, Jackie Brian, said the United States was the number....