What is the difference between certified organic and all the other ways pigs are raised?
Certified Organic Pork or Certified Biodynamic Pork, is the only Audited Guarantee that your pork is free from: Antibiotics, Chemicals, GMO’s, Hormones and that they are always able to range freely. We cannot sell an animal as organic if it has ever had any of these things in its lifetime. We need to feed Certified Organic Feedstuffs (our feed is not sprayed with chemicals in its growth or storage and must be grown on certified organic land). Certified Organic means that your farm, feed, pastures, animals and bookwork is inspected by an Independent Auditor, at least once a year. No matter what certification body you are with, the Audit goes by the Australian Organic Standard as set out by AQIS. Unfortunately not everyone that says they are organic is certified. These people either can’t or don’t want to run their farm to the High Standards set out for organic certification, yet want people to believe that they are. Don’t be fooled, always ask for the certification number and certifying
