Alasdair Smithson

Alasdair is a modern day pioneer in the Organic Food & Farming Industry and was one of the first 7 people in the world to achieve an honours degree in Organic Agriculture, from Aberystwyth, University of Wales. He has extensive practical experience in Organic Farming both in Europe and Australia and has the ability to apply scientific theory into practice.

After working for Riverford as an Organic Field Manager and the UK Soil Association for a number of years, Alasdair emigrated to Australia in 2005 and worked as Business Development Manager for Australian Certified Organic in Brisbane.

He then ventured to Far North QLD and managed the largest certified organic sweet corn and sweet potato farm at the time in Australia, comprising of 100 acres. In 2007 he founded and built from the ground up, Munch Crunch Organics, an online organic home delivery food box based in Byron Bay, delivering directly from his own farm and the farm network he created to homes between Ballina and Brisbane weekly, selling the business in 2017 after a decade.

Throughout this time, Alasdair has helped many farmers change to organic farming methods through his Organic Knowledge and was previously a member of the UNE Organic Research Group, co-authored the Australian Organic Market Report 2008, was on the Organic Federation of Australia Producer Council, was Chair of the Australian Certified Organic Horticulture Working Group, and was former President of the New Brighton Farmers Market.

He runs Organic Knowledge, is an accredited USDA, EU, Southern Cross Organic and Regenerative Farming Auditor, part time Organic Farmer, and Managing Director at Growtunnels.