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Biological Farmers of Australia (BFA)

Biological Farmers of Australia (BFA) is a non-profit organisation, committed to giving the best organic food choices to consumers. BFA is Australia's largest organic certifying body with over 1200 members. BFA has grown to form a strong, broad-based, member-run organisation which includes farmers, producers, processors, wholesalers, retailers, educators, consumers and others who have an interest and stake in organic and bio-dynamic production systems.

Initially formed to progress the interests of farmers and processors who wished to promote and protect the message of organics, including the setting of organic standards, the BFA moved on to develop its certification program to independently verify that farmers and processors were producing in accord with those standards.

The BFA has both biodynamic (a specific form of organic production) and organic farmers and hence the name biological farmers was defined to promote a simple message that such farmers were using natural methods, not synthetic or unnatural methods to produce their foods for consumers.

The BFA was registered as a co-operative in 1988, following some key community and industry meetings across the country, and has moved office headquarters a number of times over the past 15 years, having been based in Toowoomba for some 7 years to 2003.

The head office of the BFA will, as of January 2004 will reside in Brisbane , Queensland , reflecting the maturing nature of the organic industry and the increasing demands on this growing organization to meet the needs of members and clients. The BFA has a regional office in South Australia – the Barossa – which assists in BFA's task of operating a national, indeed international, program.

The Barossa office was maintained when the BFA integrated with what was then the Organic Vignerons Association of Australia, bringing on board Australia 's leading organic vignerons across Australia in 2001.

Affiliated with the Queensland Farmers' Federation.

Contact

Head Office
PO Box 530 - L1/766 Gympie Rd 
CHERMSIDE  QLD 4032
Ph:  07 3350 5716   
Fax: 07 3350 5996 info@bfa.com.au Southern Division
PO Box 503  1 Gawler St
NURIOOTPA SA 5355 Ph: 08 8562 2769   
Fax: 08 8562 3034 info@bfa.com.au

2006 Elected Board Directors
Doug Haas, Chairman, (re-elected)
John Farrar (re-elected)
Quentin Kennedy (elected)
Scott Kinnear (current)
Ross Cowling (current)

Appointed (non-elected) Directors:
Pennie Scott
David Warriner