Buying Organic

Always look for the BioGro Certified Organic trademark.

How can you tell if a product is really organic? The BioGro Certified Organic trademark is your guarantee of authentic, high quality organic food.

BioGro ensures that organic producers use the best practices to deliver genuine organic food, fresh from the field to your plate. Certification agencies can have different standards to which their producers must operate. There are several hundred certification agencies in the world, which can be confusing for a consumer. BioGro is accredited by the International Federation of Organic Agricultural Movements (IFOAM). This represents the highest international standard of organic production and is why Bio-Gro certified organic products are highly sought after and trusted by consumers around the world.

What is organic food?

Organic food is:

grown naturally without the routine use of synthetic agricultural chemicals such as fungicides, herbicides, insecticides, growth regulators, and soluble fertilisers

processed with nil or minimal use of synthetic additives like stabilisers, emulsifiers, antioxidants, preservatives, colours, and flavour enhancers

much more than spray-free or residue-free because it is produced under positive agri-ecological management systems which work in harmony with nature

Why buy organic?

More and more people around the world are choosing organic food over conventionally produced food. There are many good reasons why:

Less sprays - Organic food reduces the likelihood of pesticide residues in your diet.

Quality assurance - Highly regarded organic standards such as BioGro provide an independent quality assurance for the entire production and processing chain.

More sustainable and environmentally friendly - Organic production methods create less negative impacts on our soils, waterways, biodiversity and ecology.

GE-free - The BioGro NZ Organic Standards ban Genetic Engineering because GE has an irreversible and unpredictable impact on our food, our health, and our environment.

Safer production - There is nil or minimal use of harmful chemicals. This is safer for farmers, their families, farm workers, and consumers.

Animal welfare - The BioGro NZ Organic Standards require that animal welfare is uppermost at all times, and that animals and poultry must be free ranged.

Natural - Organic farming respects and works in harmony with nature.

Nutrition - Some comparative studies have shown that organic food is healthier and more nutritious.

Tastier - As most people would agree, iorganic food is tastier, more wholesome, and delicious!

Which labels to look out for:

Look for these labels on organic products as your assurance of genuine organic food.

This label means that BioGro has certified
this product as fully organic.

This label means that the producer of this product is converting their property to organic by following BioGro's strict 3 year conversion process.

BioGro certified producers are also able to apply the IFOAM seal to affirm BioGro's IFOAM Accreditation.

This label means that the product has been produced
using Bio-Dynamic methods approved by Demeter. Bio-Dynamic production follows the principles of Rudolph Steiner and incorporates many of the same methods as organic production.

BioGro endorses Demeter certification and the Demeter label.