Knowledge Tree

These are a series of 2 pagers to help you understand what it takes to raise animals in certified organic operations. They cover topics such as initially converting your livestock, feeding, health and what sort of inputs are allowed. We'll keep adding to the list below, so if your animals aren't listed, keep an eye on this section!

• Beef Cattle
• Dairy Cattle
• Poultry

It is important to understand how certifications to the AS 6000 and National Standard standards interact. This document explains these interactions and has a series of useful diagrams to really help you understand what is, and is not permitted between these two schemes.

When you need to use a product or an input for your farm, you must ensure that the product is suitable for use in organic systems. In general, inputs must be of plant, animal, microbial or mineral origin.

So, how can you tell if a product meets all these requirements? We will give you a simple step by step process that you can use to determine the suitability of a product for use in an organic system:

An overview of what you can expect in your certification journey, from the day you first decide to become organic, to the day you can sell your product as Certified Organic and beyond.