Information and Links
A quick summary:
Organic food and products are better for you because:
- No hormones
- No pesticides
- No toxic chemicals, antibiotics or fertilisers
- No food additives
- No mould retardants
- No irradiation
are used in their production in Australia.
Organic food also:
- Tastes and smells better
- Contains significantly more nutrients and minerals
- Encourages sustainable farming methods
- Reduces negative impact on the environment
- Requires stringent controls from paddock to plate
- Unites and empowers rural communities.
For more information, see these pages:
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Click here to see our current and past newsletters.
Recipes are included in our monthly newsletter. They have also been listed here for your convenience.
Product Information and tips on usage pages
- Enviro Product Usage & General Information
- Suncoat Nail Care Products & Tips
- Akin product selection
- Miessence product PDF
- Miessence ingredients PDF
- INLIVEN probiotic brochure
- Nazeer Henna Information
- What are they talking about - organic terms
- Cow Milk V's Goat Milk
- Cooking with Quinoa & Amaranth
- Vets All Natural Skin Allergy Protocol
- Honey compared to Agave
- Methylglyoxal (mgo) v's Unique Manuka Factor (UMF) conversion
- Check this nutritional table of gluten free flours to compare the nutritional value of different grains.
- This page is a table to guideyou in gluten free flours in baking.
Vegetarian & Vegan Resources
Vegetarian Tasmania A good resource for Tas Vegetarian community.
Slow Food
SLOW Food is an international not-for-profit organisation founded in 1986 to counteract fast food and fast life, the disappearance of local food traditions, people’s dwindling interest in the food they eat, where it comes from, how it tastes and how our food choices affect the rest of the world – people, communities, animals, plants and the environment. Slow Food is based in Bra, Italy. It has almost 100,000 members in 132 countries. Slow Food Australia – Slow Food’s first national association in the southern hemisphere – has 42 convivia, or branches. All of our activities are co-ordinated by volunteers.
Sourdough Companion Are a friendly community of bakers (of all levels) interested in Sourdough bread - bread that is risen naturally using wild yeasts.
Organisations:
- Australian Certified Organic (linked to the Biological Farmers Assocation: BFA)
www.australianorganic.com.au - The Organic Federation of Australia (OFA)
www.ofa.org.au - International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements (IFOAM)
www.ifoam.org - UK Soil Association
www.soilassociation.org - Organic Trade Association (OTA) - USA
www.ota.com - Organic Food, Quality and Health (The Netherlands)
www.organicfqhresearch.org - Food news research: www.foodnews.org
Macrobiotics
Magazines/publications
Support organisations
- The Coeliac Society of Tasmania Inc.
http://www.tas.coeliac.org.au - Heart Foundation
http://www.heartfoundation.com.au - Geofeat
Geofeat InternationalThe Geofeat initiative is a global undertaking to provide individuals with the opportunity to source products, share resources and participate in projects that are green, eco-friendly and organic by connecting with other like-minded businesses and individuals from around the world. - Diabetes Australia
http://www.diabetesaustralia.com.au - Fair Trade Assoc locator of retail stores
http://www.fta.org.au/locator - www.ecodirectory.com.au
http://www.ecodirectory.com.au/ - TASMEN
http://www.tasmen.org.au

