Re: Certification

[D & S Chamberlain]

Allan: I suggest you contact the certifying body first and find out their requirements, it ain't easy but it will give you an idea of what you should be looking for, agents usually don't know the sort of things you will want to know so do your own investigations, check out your neighbours and hear what they do that may effect you and they will usually give you the low down on the place rather than the agents spiel.  Other than that what do you intend doing with the place? David C ----- Original Message ----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, 2 July 2002 4:16 PM Subject: Certification Hello to all!. Thank you all for a very informative group forum. I am at the moment in the process of buying 98 acres of land that has had only been used for horse and cattle agistment for the last 7yrs and before that nothing. Can this forum give me some advise as to how to go about certification?. Should I approach an Organic certification body and have the acreage go through their process?,then attempt Biodynamic?. Are there any more questions I should ask the land agent?. I will be contacting the various organisations here in Australia of course but before that I would like to have some of this lists wisdom first. Best Regards Allan Emerton