About us

At Organic Guide we’re passionate about communicating the simple pleasures and benefits that leading an organic lifestyle offers, about bringing communities together, and about ensuring our planet remains viable for future generations. We aim to inspire people to think about the lifestyle choices they make today and how these impact upon their own, and others, health and wellbeing. To this end, we strive to provide reliable, comprehensive, and practical information to enable people everywhere to benefit from the best organics has to offer. We’re doing this because we believe that living an organic lifestyle supports and promotes community, respect, tolerance, and awareness. We also believe that it encourages the view that we are connected with every living thing. As part of the worldwide organic community, we want everyone to feel included, respected, and valued.

Our Team

Our permanent team consists of a small management, editorial and marketing staff based in Brisbane, Australia. They provide a support network for our geographically dispersed, and continually growing, writing team. Our regular contributors are:

Gavin Robertson (Editor)

Gavin was raised on an organic farm just outside of Christchurch, New Zealand. His earliest childhood memories are those of helping out his Great Uncle Alf on the family orchard. Although he picks apples a bit faster these days he’s retained his love for the soil and the farming principles taught to him as a young boy. As a health professional with specialist qualifications in Audiology, Gavin wants to ensure his own children benefit from the opportunities only capable of being provided by small, rural farming communities. He’s also keen to communicate with others the importance, and benefits, of living an organic lifestyle. Gavin can be reached at gavin at organicguide dot com.

Alex Johnson (Assistant Editor)

Alex Johnson is an advocate of organic living. His passion for organic farming started during a gap year trip to the United States. After experiencing life on an organic farm in Austin, Texas – as well as the generosity and warmth of a wonderful US host family – Alex was inspired to continue living according to organic principles. Although Alex and his family are city dwellers, they still manage a reasonably decent veggie garden. Alex constantly reminds us that one day, finances permitting, his city-based veggie garden will be traded-in for a small organic farm. Having studied IT at College, Alex is also our web guy. That means he’s the one we blame whenever anything goes wrong with the site. When he’s not online, Alex is also involved in a number of community and charitable groups. Alex can be reached at alex at organicguide dot com.

Eun-jung Lee

Eun-jung left Pusan, South Korea in 2003 to backpack around the world. After years of volunteering on organic farms (through the WWOOF program) in countries throughout Europe, North America and Asia, Eun-jung became involved with a group of US mothers undertaking to manufacture organic cosmetic, soap and toiletry products. This interaction set Eun-jung on a learning quest that has culminated in her acquiring extensive knowledge about the realities involved in modern chemical-based cosmetic manufacturing. Apart from being one of the most caring and generous people you’d ever care to meet, Eun-jung has amassed a broad knowledge of all things organic that she is keen to share with others. Eun-jung can be reached at eun-jung at organicguide dot com.

Domonic Bailey

“There’s something seriously wrong with the food we eat”, according to Domonic Bailey. Back in the 1960’s Domonic Bailey had an intuitive understanding that city living, with its requisite disconnection from the land and sources of food production, would create problems for people further down the track. In his 1974 paper entitled “Food production: disconnection and social poverty”, Domonic outlined the link between the changes that were taking place in agricultural practices, including the trend away from family farms toward large industrial scale operations, and the rise of a range of contextual social issues. Now, with over thirty years as a teacher in the public education system behind him, Domonic still find himself with an as yet unquenched desire to engage others in reasoned discussion and debate. Whether it’s packaging, pesticides, GMO, growth hormones in milk or the state of organic agriculture, Domonic generally has a view and is always keen to share with others. In his spare time Domonic enjoys playing the traditional Japanese board game, “Go”. Domonic can be reached at domonic at organicguide dot com.

Anthony Meleca

Anthony has an interesting, and in many respects unusual, background. Upon graduating from The University of Sydney with First Class Honours in Chemical Engineering, Anthony worked for a number of large-scale multinational food manufacturers. Armed with a naturally inquisitive scientific mind and being in possession of a sharp sense of social justice, Anthony soon began questioning the dubious practices he witnessed. Unwilling to fester in a series of management positions within companies he didn’t believe in Anthony opted out. In need of a return to a more basic and holistic style of living, Anthony sought out the company of those similarly predisposed. Today, Anthony is actively engaged in the promotion of organic agriculture and the pursuit of social and economic justice. Anthony can be reached at anthony at organicguide dot com.

Beverley Jenkins

Beverley describes herself as a grandmother, mother, wife, gardener and cook. For Beverley, the pursuit of an organic lifestyle was a decision that she felt was in the best interests of her then young family. After reading Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring, which she still believes is one of the finest books ever penned, Beverley set about making a number of lifestyle changes. Her motivation at the time was to provide her family with an optimal platform from which to grow and develop. These days Beverley enjoys sharing with others, particularly her six grandchidren, the simple pleasures that living a modern organic lifestyle can offer. Beverley can be reached at beverley at organicguide dot com.

Our History

Organic Guide was first published in 1987. At that time, it was a simple double-sided two-page document containing information and tips on organic gardening. Distribution of Organic Guide was limited to the South Western suburbs of Sydney, Australia where it was sold at local fetes and fairs. Work on a revised and updated Organic Guide commenced in mid-2005. A decision was made to open the publication to an international audience. And for this purpose, the domain name, www.organicguide.com was acquired.

Privacy

Organic Guide values your right to privacy. Our privacy policy describes our practices so you will understand when and how personally identifiable information is collected, used, disclosed and protected with respect to our web site. Please read this policy carefully before providing us with any personal information. If you have questions about this policy, please contact us.