BioGro Turns 40!

BioGro, Aotearoa New Zealand’s leading organic certification agency, turns 40. Established in 1983 as the Biological Producers and Consumers Society, Biogro has been at the forefront of NZ’s organics movement ever since.

One of the oldest organic organisations in the world, BioGro wrote NZ’s first organic standards. 

Organic certification is the world’s most widely-used, secure and impermeable traceability system. Every single BioGro-certified product can be traced back to its origin. Using certification, we can pinpoint the exact field an apple was picked.

The organic sector is beginning to get the recognition it deserves, as the government recently signed the Organic Products and Production Bill, which will implement a National Organic Standard. 

The demand for organics is on the rise globally, with the US Organic Trade Organisation reporting organic food sales in 2022 reaching a record USD 60 billion and trading partners of New Zealand from around the world are backing the global trend towards sustainability with the US, EU, and Ireland all investing millions in organics. 

BioGro is incredibly proud, both of our history and our licensees and as we look to the future, and the next 40 years, with the challenges that are here; climate change, biodiversity loss, pollution of our waterways and environment, BioGro is ready and willing to meet those challenges head-on.