From the Ground Up? The Principles of Australian Organic Agriculture

Abstract

Organic agriculture today is described as an “industry” and its growers as “producers”, the food they grow is “an agricultural sector” and commercial organic farmers take out “certification”. In Australia, like many other western nations, organic farming is part of an industrialized, capitalist, agro-economy and commercial organic production is influenced by government regulations. Despite this edifice of industrialization and institutionalization are the values upon organic growing was founded still relevant in organic production today?.