This page contains useful guidance for Organic & Biodynamic certification
Farm Conversion FAQs
Starting Farm conversion to Organic or Biodynamic
Convert your farm to Biodynamics
Converting From Organic To Biodynamic
Convert from Organic → Biodynamic
Crop Guidance
Guidance – converting your farm – arable and horticulture
Guidance – converting your farm – top fruit and vines
Livestock Guidance
Guidance – Demeter & Organic livestock feeding
Guidance – converting your farm – cattle and sheep
Guidance – converting your farm – pigs and poultry
Animal Health Plan
Guidance – Livestock Management & Animal Health Plan
Labelling
Also see our Trade & Labels page here
Guidance – labelling – Organic Products
Guidance – labelling – Demeter products
Food Standards Agency labelling guidance
Seeds
You can source open pollinated Organic & Biodynamic seeds here:
You must use Organic seeds when available. Please use this website to check UK availability before submitting a derogation for non-organic seeds:
If the seeds are not available as Organic, you need to compete this form and send it to us before purchasing any seeds:
Defra Derogation form – non-organic seeds
Cytoplasmic male sterility (CMS) seeds are not allowed in the Demeter standards because we consider it a form of GMO. Please check the list below before ordering your seeds. Note that many brassica seeds are actually CMS.
CMS free seeds positive list 2020
Biodynamic Preparations
Biodynamic Federation – Preparations good practice manual