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NZ farming film premiere, Wellington, November 25.

The documentary Family Farming in New Zealand – our stories has its world premiere in Wellington on Tuesday November 25. Read more »

OSL Features at NZ's Future Farms Conference

Brendan Hoare, Chair of the 2014 UN International Year of Family Farming and Managing Director, Organic Systems will present an Organic Presentation and mini-workshop at the conference on 'Finding common ground: Active solutions for people, product and planet.' Read more »

Proud to be Associated with Food Award Winners

Organic Systems Limited is proud to be associated with two 2014 NZ Food Award winners. http://www.foodawards.co.nz/about-2/2014-winners/

Tasman Bay Food Group won the Frozen Award with its Juicies Tubes and J.Friend the Gourmet Award.  Tasman Bay was a finalist in three awards categories for the development of its Juicies Tubes product range. Read more »

Facilitating the Best of Asia Organic to Oceania

As part of our commitmemtn to creating a thriving network throughout the Oceania / Asian region OSL founder and cultural brokering specialist Li-chen spent the best part of a week with award winning Taiwan certified Organic rice company Yin Chuan at Melbourne’s’ Fine Food Show and a NZ trade event. See http://www.organic-rice.com.tw   Read more »

OSL adds value to New Zealand's Asian exports

For the first time South Korea's annual Organic and Natural Expo (organised by the Korea Organic Farming Association and now in its 13th year) had a strong New Zealand presence, under an Organic and Natural Path to Market programme organised jointly by NZ Trade and Enterprise and Organic Systems Ltd (OSL).

China forum 'offers opportunity for NZ export double strategy'

Amidst the outbreak of another global food scandal world authorities gathered in Beijing, China for a forum on ‘Food Safety and Sustainable Agriculture’ last week.

"The current paradigm of food production, distribution, marketing and consumption is creating a polluted environment, needless waste and unhealthy people. It’s a retarded system not serving people, produce or planet." Said Brendan Hoare, Managing Director of Organic Systems Ltd.

We’re Guiding NZ Businesses to the Korean Market

After two years of research and development we are proud to have built a pathway to the Korean market with NZTE. Together we will be working with 12 organic and natural businesses from NZ and one from Niue to explore the opportunity of entering the dynamic Korean market.

Our training starts in Auckland on June 10. Then, after some 1:1 consulting we will be arriving in the Korean market for in-country training and exposure to the market in early August. Read more »

Delivering Effective Growth through Asia Pacific

True to our mission of delivering effective growth strategies to the Organic and eco sector throughout New Zealand, Australia and Asia, OSL’s Managing Director Brendan Hoare will be the key note speaker at the International Organic Expo Seminar in Seoul, Korea this Friday 15 April. Read more »

OSL leads International Year of Family Farming in NZ

Representatives from around 40 family farming organisations and their associates gathered at Parliament today for a day-long Inaugural Forum to launch the UN International Year of Family Farming 2014. (The official UN launch at UN headquarters in New York was also on November 22.)

The event was organised by the National Co-ordinating Committee for IYFF-2014 in New Zealand, and hosted by two members of the Primary Production Select Committee, MPs Damien O'Connor and Steffan Browning.