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25.01.2022 Fifth Annual Australian Organic Awards for Excellence https://www.acresaustralia.com.au//fifth-annual-australia/ AUSTRALIA’S most innovative organic producers shone at the fifth annual Australian Organic Awards for Excellence in November last year. Victorian organic mushroom farmer Chris McLoghlin, of Lockwood South-based Mycelia Organics, took out the coveted Farmer of the Year award. Several other rural agricultural businesses also took home honours ...

24.01.2022 Australian Organic Industry Awards this year’s finalists: https://www.acresaustralia.com.au//australian-organic-ind/

24.01.2022 NASAA 's new organic certification label. https://www.acresaustralia.com.au//new-spring-leaf-organi/

22.01.2022 Acres Australia Issue 101 is now available as a digital publication on PressReader. https://www.pressreader.com/austra/acres-australia/20191001 Take advantage of PressReader’s 7-day free trial period and check it out. 92 pages of fascinating, informative articles covering Organics, Biodynamics, Farmers Markets, On Farm stories and more. Writers include leaders in their fields - Hugh Lovel, Tim Marshall, Julian Cribb and John Paull. It’s an edition not to be missed!

20.01.2022 CARBON SEQUESTRATION INVENTION ON DISPLAY Lucas Ihlein: Baking Earth: Soil and the Carbon Economy For Shapes of Knowledge, artist Lucas Ihlein presents a new project that builds on his long-term research into agriculture....Continue reading

19.01.2022 https://www.acresaustralia.com.au//act-now-to-stop-gm-der/ ACT NOW TO STOP GM DEREGULATION All genetic manipulation (GM) processes and the modified animals, plants and microbes they create must now be notified to the Office of Gene Technology Regulator (OGTR) for assessment, licensing and monitoring. Under the Gene Technology Act 2000, no release from a laboratory is allowed without a licence.[1] But the federal government wants to change the rules of the GM game by ending ...Continue reading

17.01.2022 https://www.acresaustralia.com.au//bd-farmer-kym-green-to/

17.01.2022 *New technology to track grape development for better harvest *New Android mobile phone app to help track the development of the size and colour of grapes. *The app will rapidly collect data to help growers make harvest and vineyard management decisions. *The research was carried out by the NWGIC and funded by Wine Australia. https://www.acresaustralia.com.au//new-technology-to-trac/

16.01.2022 YEOMANS' INVENTION TO ENABLE FARMERS TO QUANTIFY THEIR CARBON SEQUESTRATION Allan Yeomans’ recent invention, the ‘Yeomans Carbon Still’, was designed by Mr Yeomans to measure the carbon content of soils. The still is intended to be used by farmers as a means of quantifying the carbon sequestration performed through their agriculture practices. In a future carbon economy, farmers could be paid for drawing down carbon dioxide from the atmosphere through regenerative farming.... The still is currently on display at the Monash University, Caulfield Campus, Melbourne, Victoria. WHEN: Now until April 13, 2019 OPENING HOURS: Tuesday to Friday: 10am 5pm Saturday: 12 5pm OPEN TO ALL COST: Free WHERE: MUMA | Monash University Museum of Art Shapes of Knowledge Monash University Museum of Art Ground Floor, Building F 900 Dandenong Rd, Caulfield East VIC 3145 Caulfield Campus Mr Yeomans will be on Caulfield Campus during the ‘Yeomans Carbon Still’ live demonstrations on the following days: Thursday March 7 10am-3pm Friday March 8 10am-3pm Thursday March 21 10am-3pm Friday March 22 10am-3pm All other days it will be a static display, the exhibition closes on April 13, 2019 at 2pm. See more

16.01.2022 https://www.acresaustralia.com.au//pgs-a-boost-for-local-/

14.01.2022 https://www.acresaustralia.com.au//opportunity-for-farmer/ ALLAN Yeomans’ invention, the ‘Yeomans Carbon Still’, was designed by Mr Yeomans to measure the carbon content of soils. The still is intended to be used by farmers as a means of quantifying the carbon sequestration performed through their agriculture practices....Continue reading

13.01.2022 ADAM Jones, Theebine, Queensland, sells his fresh produce at the Noosa Farmers’ Market. 'Adam uses a light trap called a Vortex, which attracts the flying moths at night' ADAM Jones has been slowly developing his small horticulture farm at Theebine, Queensland, over the five years since he purchased the property. Always a passionate gardener, he previously worked with alternative energy, especially in high-rise and resorts. Adam says that seasonal growing is important. In sum...mer, sweet potato and eggplant are major crops, as well as Asian greens in autumn. In autumn, a much wider range of vegetables can be started to grow through the winter months, including cucumber, black and curly kale, silverbeet, cherry tomatoes, three varieties of lettuce and broccolini. Spring onions grow all year round. Theebine experiences ..... https://www.acresaustralia.com.au//seasonal-growing-is-th/ See more

13.01.2022 https://www.acresaustralia.com.au//farmers-markets-a-food/ THERE’S no denying the popularity of farmers’ markets across Australia has increased dramatically but it’s been and remains a tough road, as naysayers, supermarket giants, local governments, regularity bodies and small business owners continue to thwart the entrepreneurial spirit of market creators and organisers. Yet selling directly to the passing public is part of our Aussie heritage, if you consider the roadside stalls offering home-grown ‘picked-this-morning’ chokos, avocados, tomatoes, mandarins and chrysanthemums, alongside ...

12.01.2022 https://www.acresaustralia.com.au//threat-to-australias-f/ The deregulation of genetically modified organisms (GMOs). THE object of the Gene Technology Act 2000 (Cth) is to protect the health and safety of people, and to protect the environment, by identifying risks posed by or as a result of gene technology, and by managing those risks through regulating certain dealings with GMOs (CoA, 2000, s 3). It was stated at the time that: The definition of ‘genetically modified organism’ in the GT Act was intentionally cast very broadly to ensure ...

11.01.2022 DESPITE the findings of the Standing Committee on Environment and Public Affairs which found that existing common law compensation mechanisms were adequate to compensate non-GM farmers, we believe a solution to coexistence with GMO farming systems still needs to be found for Western Australia, said Glenn Schaube, Chair of the National Association for Sustainable Agriculture Australia (NASAA). The report found that economic loss to farmers caused by contamination by genetica...lly modified material is neither widespread nor a systemic problem in Western Australia. Unfortunately, for farmers using organic management practices, the risk of contamination from GMO crops drifting on their properties is very real, said Mr Schaube. Certified organics is a highly-sensitive health-conscious sector of the global food supply industry. It is driven by market demand and the market demands zero content of GMOs in their food. Organics is growing at around 15 per cent per year and worth an estimated AUS$2 billion globally. For Western Australian growers it offers significant opportunities to diversify their product into new markets. Without a solution, the local certified organic oil seed and cropping sector is still at risk of becoming the sacrificial lamb on the altar of genetically-modified crops. A solution to coexistence that protects the interests of non-GM growers needs to be found, said Mr Schaube. Naturally we are disappointed in the Standing Committee’s findings but we hope that the Western Australian Government can see the opportunities that organics offers local growers and will not close the door on the issue of coexistence. NASAA recommended the Committee consider establishing a publicly-managed ‘no fault’ fund under the auspices of the state agricultural department but guided by an industry advisory group in addition to investment in a dedicated education/awareness campaign and looking at broader ‘right to farm’ legislation. We believe organic farming, conventional farming and GMO farming can successfully co-exist, recognising the rights of each farmer to choose how they grow and produce their products, said Mr Schaube. The last thing we want to see is an ‘us and them’ mentality which will only polarise farmers and communities. That would not benefit anyone. We need to ensure the best possible risk strategies are in place to support and protect everyone’s agri-business interests. https://www.acresaustralia.com.au//solution-still-needed-/

10.01.2022 https://www.acresaustralia.com.au//dark-cloud-hangs-over-/ GENE Ethics Director Bob Phelps has warned that a dark deregulatory cloud hangs over GM-free regions, such as Tasmania, South Australia, the ACT and the Northern Territory. He congratulated the Tasmanian Government on staying GM-free for another decade, till 2029, but said that deregulation of CRISPR SDN-1 is CropLife’s Trojan horse for an end to all GM-free in Australia.... Currently, Tasmanian food, farms and fibre continue to reap the benefits of premium GM-free markets but, said Mr Phelps, new CRISPR GM animals, plants and microbes could be made, grown and sold without any public or official notice or regulation. Moratorium on GMOs We strongly refute Tasmanian Minister Barnett’s claim that a proposed federal deregulation: ‘in no way impacts on Tasmania’s ability to have a moratorium on GMOs.’ All Genetic Manipulation (GM) processes and products are now required to be notified to the Gene Technology Regulator for assessment, regulation and licensing. But the federal government is gutting the GM regulations to allow a whole class of new CRISPR GM techniques (SDN-1) to fly under our regulator’s radar. Mr Phelps said that although the Greens in the Senate have moved to disallow this deregulation, the ALP and the cross-bench must also support the disallowance for it to pass. SDN1 not regulated Minister for Primary Industries & Water in Tasmania, Guy Barnett, said Tasmania had been well served by the moratorium on the commercial release of genetically modified organisms to the environment since it was introduced in 2001. The benefits of maintaining the GMO moratorium in Tasmania still greatly outweigh the risks of any benefits from ending the moratorium, he said. But Mr Barnett confirmed that SDN1 will not be regulated as a GMO because organisms modified using this technique pose the same risk as, and are indistinguishable from, organisms carrying naturally occurring genetic changes. This federal regulation in no way impacts on Tasmania’s ability to have a moratorium on GMOs, he said. Mr Phelps disagrees saying, All GM processes and products must continue to be regulated so the states and their GM-free producers can fully gain the advantage of being GM-free. If states grow and export unregulated or unapproved GM food and commodities, key EU and Asian markets are sure to reject them. This will cost the GM-free states and their producers tens of millions of dollars and tarnish their high reputation.

05.01.2022 Good News, Percys Powder and Rhomanga is back in stock, give us a call or go to https://bookstore.acresaustralia.com.au/health-supplements to order.

02.01.2022 Fresh salad vegetables at Cootharaba, in Noosa Queensland's hinterland.

01.01.2022 https://www.acresaustralia.com.au//seasonal-growing-is-th/ 'Adam uses a light trap called a Vortex, which attracts the flying moths at night' ADAM Jones has been slowly developing his small horticulture farm at Theebine, Queensland, over the five years since he purchased the property. Always a passionate gardener, he previously worked with alternative energy, especially in high-rise and resorts. Adam says that seasonal growing is important. In summer, sweet potato and eggpl...ant are major crops, as well as Asian greens in autumn. In autumn, a much wider range of vegetables can be started to grow through the winter months, including cucumber, black and curly kale, silverbeet, cherry tomatoes, three varieties of lettuce and broccolini. Spring onions grow all year round. Theebine experiences ..... See more