Australia-Organic farming.

AUTRALIA-ORGANIC FARMING.

An organic association is claiming the size of the industry in Tasmania has been significantly under-reported.

Biological Farmers of Australia director, Dr. Andrew Monk, says the first Australian organic market report produced by independent researchers at UNE in 2008 was conservative by design.

But he says the reported statistics for Tasmanian organic horticulture and livestock were significantly lower than the actual figures.

"There was an under-shooting in areas such as horticulture and meat production in particular," he says.

"In a way that’s a good thing, in that the figures were good anyway, both nationally and even for Tasmania .

"But it says that the industry might well be more valuable than even what was reported."