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Forest Home Farmland’s Organic Certification
–The farmland looking towards Forest Home hatchery –
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Organic certification is no small thing—it takes years of audits, changes to farming processes and a fundamental shift in thinking. This is why we were extremely proud to announce late last year that the Forest Home farmland achieved this coveted certification.
Certification has been issued by the National Association for Sustainable Agriculture Australia (NASAA) who were formed in 1986 to support the education of industry and consumers on organic, biodynamic and sustainable agricultural practices.
The audit process alone for Forest Home took two years which is a testament of the high standards expected by NASAA. Organic certification was pursued in partnership with the team at Bruny Island Cheese who use the farmland to grow organic-standard fodder for their rare-breed cows. This is the same farmland which the wastewater from Forest Home is irrigated on which speaks to the quality of the water leaving our hatchery.
–“A key driver of seeking organic certification was to restore and repair the farmland which is arguably being achieved through a gentler approach to farming.” –
Back in 2017 when we first announced we were seeking certification, Nick Haddow, Bruny Island Cheese Co. Founder and Managing Director said, “great cheese starts with great milk and that can only be achieved with great agriculture.” And we couldn’t agree more.
Bruny Island Cheese have also fully fenced the Riparian Zone. Learn more on the next page.
