SEED Magazine


The environment, health and well being are at the forefront of Australian societies conscious right now. Australians are growing increasingly wary of both our environmental footprint and our health and organic production is emerging as the saviour and the way forward. As an organic producer you are at the core of this movement and it is crucial that you have access to information that keeps you informed and involved. Seed is your monthly publication, providing organic producers across Australia with all the information that you need to know in an easy, accessible format. Seed is a vital resource for Organic Producers and those interested in joining the organic movement Australia wide!

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Edition 1 Highlights:
  • Feature:‘Transition from Dark to Light – The Process of Becoming Organically Certified’ QUENTIN KENNEDY, Biological Farmers of Australia Board Director. Details process of applying for, being accepted to and maintaining Organic Certification as per revised 2010 ACO guidelines

  • Case Study: OBE Beef Kristen Le Mesurier's writer Business Review Weekly. Tells the story of how a group of organic beef producers pulled together to create a unique product which the Japanese market now asks for by name.  

  • Feature: ‘Let us be labelled – Australia to Adopt a Nation Certified Organic Logo’ Andrew Leu Organic Federation of Australia Chair using data collected by Newspoll Market Research ‘Organic Food’ report 2008. Discusses need to revisit one national legally binding mark or stamp for organically certified products.

  •  Feature: ‘Organic Label Not Enough’ Desta Itote Journalist Biological Farmers of Australia. Outlines ways in which to promote organic produce above and beyond gaining organic certification; including thoughts from Organic Directory of Australia and input from Rebecca Sweeney, Coles Australia Supply Planning Co-ordinator.

  • Discussion: 'Crop Rotation for Broadacre Organic Cropping Systems In South East Australia’  J.W.Derrick School of Resource and Environmental Management, Geography Department,Australian National University. Discusses best length of crop rotation based on research obtained from 11 organic broadacre farmers in New South Wales and Victoria.  

Every Month:
  • What's on
  • Ask Us - Q&A
  • What you said - Round up of discussions from seed online forum 
  • Update of inputs registered for use

And much more...

About the Editor

Madeline Sargent holds an Undergraduate degree in Public Relations and International Relations and brings previous experience working for the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade in the area of Environmental Issues and Treaties. She travelled extensively through Europe and South America in 2008 as research for her Doctorate on ‘sustainable farm practices: The developed world versus the developing world’. She sits on the board of the Organic Federation of Australia, the umbrella organisation for the Australian organic industry.
 



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