Australian Organic Market Report 2008

Abstract

This report is a significant milestone in the twenty-year history of the rapidly developing Australian certified organic sector. Access to comprehensive and local data reflects continued maturation of the certified industry, which had limited availability of whole-industry information during early growth periods. This report provides information for industry to benchmark production and market value against past and current claims and estimates and will enable monitoring of future growth of the certified organic market in Australia and its farming and production base. In an industry characterised by operational diversity, this report allows for performance assessment by sector. Further publications are expected on a bi-annual basis from 2010 (the last one being in 2004) as a means of providing the wider industry with invaluable and realistic market information.