Soil testing is informing planned paddock demonstrations in the regenerative agriculture project. FIFTEEN months in, the North Central Catchment Management Authority’s (CMA) Regenerative Agriculture project is enjoying strong interest with over 100 landholders participating in four groups across the North Central CMA region. The project offers grants to community groups in priority areas to increase the …. more
AN Organic Farmers Bushfire Appeal, coordinated by ORICoop (Organic & Regenerative Investment Co-operative) is currently pulling together a task force of organic fodder producers, organic fodder suppliers, transport companies and organic dairies – to enable a load of organic fodder to be taken from Victoria to certified organic producers affected by the ongoing bushfire and …. more
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, …. more
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 …. more
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 …. more
BIODYNAMIC Agriculture Australia, based in Bellingen, NSW, are holding two free biodynamic growing workshops next week, on July 24 and July 25. Anyone interested in learning to grow nutrient dense and rich-in-life-force food using this simple, affordable, sustainable method are invited to attend either, or both, workshops that will cover biodynamic gardening and biodynamic orchard …. more