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Operations Manager
Eduardo Casapia Cannon
For all fleece enquiries
Neil Garnier
Business Address
Unit 2, 114 Fairbairn Road
Sunshine, VIC, AU, 3020
Ph: (03) 9311 0933
Fx: (03) 9311 0499
Email: email
Fleece News - Organic Alpaca Fibre Information
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With the growing trend towards sustainable living and specifically agricultural production, it is no surprise that Organic farming is currently the fastest growing sector in the agriculture industry.
Originally solely the area of food production we are now seeing the demand for sustainably farmed and chemical free produce spreading into the fibre production and ultimately the clothing retail area.
Many major clothing and homewares retailers are now stocking, and in some cases dedicating sections of their stores to organically grown and manufactured products. In the coming seasons we will see a dramatic increase in the presence of organic apparel from many major and influential retailers.
AAFL believes the Australian alpaca industry is in a terrific position to take advantage of the movement towards sustainable production. The ability to produce natural coloured fibre in a range of colours that do not require further dyeing gives alpaca a unique opportunity over other natural fibres.
It has been shown in other industries that a premium is paid for food or fibre that meets the requirements of the organic market - it can be expected that alpaca fibre would be no different.
As with all production a critical mass of the raw product is needed for the project to be feasible. This short survey is intended to provide AAFL with information on the current national production of alpaca fibre grown under organic conditions and hopefully details of potential future growth in production.
Australian Alpaca Fleece Ltd. is always looking at ways to promote and develop markets for Australian alpaca. From the information gained through this survey AAFL hopes to asses the potential of a portion of the annual fleece collected being directed at the organic market.
All completed surveys should be returned to Matt McAninly at AAFL either by email at email, or by mail to 2/114 Fairbairn Rd, Sunshine, Victoria 3020.
For further information on organic farming and the requirements to become certified please see the following links.
Organic farming requirements at aqis.gov.auOrganic farming at organicgrowers.org.au
Organic farming at nasaa.com.au
The AAFL organic survey can be downloaded here
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