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New Zealand Organic Report 2010

The New Zealand Organic Report 2010, commissioned by OANZ and the Organic Products Exporters of New Zealand Inc., shows the increasing domestic, export and environmental value of organic food and beverage products in New Zealand.

This research - conducted by the University of Otago's Centre for the Study of Food, Agriculture and Environment in association with The AgriBusiness Group - is internationally recognised as the definative report on New Zealand's organic sector.

New Zealand at BioFach Nuremberg

Fonterra and Comvita are participating in the "New Zealand" stand at BioFach Nuremberg, from 16-20 February.

22 Jan 2010 |

Get CoOL on World Food Day

Today is UN World Food Day, and OANZ is using the occasion to call for meaningful, mandatory country of origin labeling for fresh fruit, vegetables, meat and fish.

16 Oct 2009 |

Organic Sector Wants a CoOL World Food Day

Organics Aotearoa New Zealand (OANZ) is using UN World Food Day today to call for mandatory country of origin labeling (CoOL) on fresh fruit, vegetables, meat and fish.

16 Oct 2009 |

World Comes to Waikato for Organic Sector Conference

The Director of Switzerland's Federal Office for Agriculture, Dr Manfred Bötsch, will address the Organics Aotearoa New Zealand (OANZ) Organic Sector Conference in November.

29 Sep 2009 |

International Markets Hunger for Organic Products

New Zealand representatives are attending Australasia's largest organic products expo this weekend, as growing international markets for organic products defy the global recession.

21 Jul 2009 |

US Organic Sales Up 17% in 2008

The Organic Trade Association in the United States has released a report showing that U.S. sales of organic products (food and non-food) reached $24.6 billion by the end of 2008.

05 May 2009 |

The Future of Farming

Speech by Gavin Middleton, Organics Aotearoa New Zealand, to the "Fonterra Organics Conference", Matamata, Tuesday June 17, 2008.

One of my favourite things about being involved in the organic sector is that we are such a close-knit community. It's great traceability - I can shop at the supermarket but know where my food came from. Unlike many other city-dwellers, I can pick a product off the shelf knowing who grew it, the state of their farm and their animals, and then come to Fieldays - or conferences like this - and meet the people whose hard work I appreciate at dinner time.

17 Jun 2008 |

The State of the Organic Sector 2007

Organics Aotearoa New Zealand, the Organic Products Exporters of New Zealand and the University of Otago have released new research benchmarking the state of New Zealand's organic sector.

This research measures the value of New Zealand's domestic organic market, organic exports, and conducts consumer insights research.

The full report is available for sale from OANZ, or you can download a free summary of results.