So, although the scheme has significantly increased the area under organic management, it has had minimal impact upon the national market for organic foods. (fao.org)
Interest in organic certification has increased since the Organic Industry Standards and Certification Council, which sets the National Standard for Organic and Bio-dynamic Produce in Australia, approved a proposal allowing producers to be fully certified organic after one year of inspections, providing they can verify that the property has been under organic management for the previous three years. (austorganic.com)
For a producer operation it can take up to 3 years of organic management practices to become fully certified organic, depending on the information you can provide (if you can prove the operation has been organically managed for a certain period of time, the duration can be shorter). (austorganic.com)