Pacific Organic & Ethical Trade Community

🌴 #PWAF2025 Join us in #Tonga 🇹🇴 on Monday 26 May for SPC-led side-events: 🌏 Land degradation & GEO-LDN: bit.ly/3EKxno9 🍐 Food aid & climate resilience: bit.ly/4kvB2FB 🔬 Gene-banks & agro-biodiversity: bit.ly/4iXIeZI Register today!

✅ Boost your compost with biochar! 🌱 It improves soil health, stores carbon, increases plant yield, and reduces nutrient loss. A small step for you, a big win for your soil! 🤝 @InitiativeKiwa @poetcom1 #OrganicAgriculture #Biochar

#PacificAgriculture | Boost your compost with seaweed 1️⃣ Retains soil moisture 2️⃣ Rich in nutrients & growth hormones 3️⃣ Strengthens plant immunity 4️⃣ Speeds up composting 5️⃣ Detoxifies soil Rinse & compost for 4 weeks and enrich your soil @PoetCom1

🌿🐔 #PacificAgriculture | Composting #ChickenManure boosts nutrients, enriches soil, reduces waste, and improves moisture & drainage for thriving crops. Through @PoetCom1, SPC supports organic solutions for healthier plants & trees. 🌱 #OrganicFarming #HealthySoil

#Agriculture |🌿 Exciting news! SPC launches the Pacific Organic Standard Handbook! Developed with #Protege, @poetcom1 & EU support, it aligns with global standards & the #OrganicPasifika label Access It: 💻 English: shorturl.at/sZSxA 💻 French: shorturl.at/IfmGd

🌱🌏 #PacificAgriculture | SPC, through @PoetCom1 empowers Pacific farmers by enabling global learning. At the 2024 @ifoamorganics #OrganicWorldCongress in Taiwan, farmers explored eco-tourism integration, micro-bio fertilizers & more #OrganicAgriculture #OrganicSolutions #Tonga

🌱 Happy #WorldSoilDay! 🌏 Healthy soil = healthy crops = thriving communities. @PoetCom1 Organic farmers are leading the way with organic practices to protect this vital resource; thus building a sustainable Pacific, one handful of soil at a time! #WorldSoilDay #OrganicFarming

#16Days2024 | Empowering women in agriculture leads to transformed communities. 🔗 Read about how organic agriculture is shaping a violence-free future in #Tonga: bit.ly/3ZtGnp4 Supported by @InitiativeKiwa @PoetCom1 #OrganicAgriculture #GBV

🌱 #PacificAgriculture | 🎙️ Tune in to an insightful discussion on GOLD FM's 'Speak Your Mind' segment featuring Luisa Wara and Vilimaina Balenaivalu from SPC's Land Resources Division. #RegionalResearchAgenda @PoetCom1 #OrganicAgriculture facebook.com/share/v/1Ef2n4a…

🍃 #PacificAgriculture | A week-long workshop united 400 enthusiastic #seed farmers from across the globe in France to share best practices in seed cultivation. Fuatino Fatiaki with SPC’s @PoetCom1 shares her takeaways from the learning exchange. @InitiativeKiwa

🌱 Dr Shane Tutua brought invaluable insights from the heart of France's 400 seed farmer gathering, emphasising the role of language in shaping perspectives on seeds, enabled by SPC's @poetcom1 Pacific #Organic Learning Farms Network Project. 🤝 @InitiativeKiwa

#DidYouKnow The @PoetCom1 Pacific Organic Standard highlights how traditional agriculture is a vibrant tapestry of polyculture systems, where diverse crops thrive together. Enhancing #SoilHealth & resilience especially lands with limited soil reserves, like atoll countries.

#PacificAgriculture | The Pacific Organic Standard prohibits synthetic growth promotants & suppressants. All treatments with synthetic veterinary drugs must be documented ensuring transparency. It is the standard for @PoetCom1 Participatory Guarantee System Certification.

#PacificOrganicStandard | 🐝🌱The Pacific #Organic Standard is provided with training from @PoetCom1 to farmers & farmer groups interested in attaining #ParticipatoryGuaranteeSystem Certification that will allow them to trade in certain regional markets. #Biodiversity

📲 Join us for a Live Webinar: Understanding Participatory Guarantee System (PGS) in the Pacific! @PoetCom1 📅 Date: Wednesday 25th September 2024 🕒 Time: 1pm Fiji time [GMT +12] 💻 Platform: spc.zoom.us/j/96841146252?pw… Zoom ID: 968 4114 6252 Passcode: 901915

Curious about how organic farmers in the region are cultivating nature-based solutions? @PoetCom1 @Initiative Read more: bit.ly/3yTDfbt #KiwaInitiative #POETCom #LRD #Agroecology #NatureBasedSolutions

🌿 Dive into the latest @PoetCom1 Cultivating Communities #Newsletter &discover exclusive content, news on capacity building of family-run farms in #Tonga &#Fiji as well as research initiatives that will benefit #organic farmers within the Pacific region! rb.gy/de1bmg

🌱 #PacificAgriculture | Drew Havea, #Tonga’s In-Country Coordinator with @poetcom1 is leading collaborative efforts in helping small-scale farmers overcome challenges and fully embrace organic farming in an agroecological framework. #KiwaInitiative #NatureBasedSolution