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OG AOrganicStandardRevised Edi tion — Ju ne 2004rganic Growersof Aus tralia IncEU ACCRE DITED JAS ACCRE DITED MEMB ER OF IFOAM1A GR OWING INDUSTRYThe organic market is expanding with people’s change in awareness of their health and diet —and an increasingly cosmopolitan population. Now, there is a growing demand, both locally andoverseas, fo r food pr oduced on a he althy, clean soil without the us e of ch emicals.In addition, people are more assertive that their food production systems must not erodeAustr alia’s a ncient a nd f ragile landscape nor dama ge i ts sensitive environment.Or ganic growing is ideally suited to the small landholder. Now is the time to start revitalisingyour soil. He althy soil p roduces h ealthy food — w hich will pr oduce healthy people.SPEC IFIC TO THIS STANDARDWhile this O GA Standard is based on the National Standard for O rganic and BiodynamicProduce, th ere are some important di fferences w hich a re s pecific t o this Stand ard. Th ey are:4 When a defined area is certified, the remainder of the farm must be converted to organicwithin 10 y ears (Sect 4.5 )5 Export certificates a re restricted to C ertified O rganic (G rade A ) operators (Sect 5.12 )6 Artificial l ighting is not t o be us ed (Sect 11( g)3 )7 Onl y op en pol linated, non -h ybrid se eds/seedlings fr om or ganic sto ck a re to be us ed (App 1)8 Pyrethrum products with pi peronyl but oxide (a ca rcinogen) are not to be used (App 4 & 5 )Nothing in ...