About Organic Olive Management - The Manager
Organic Olive Management Limited (OOM) is responsible for managing four large commercial organic olive enterprises comprising over 1,865 hectares of arable farmed land and some 705,000 trees. The services provided at these locations are high-level technical and operational management, personnel and mechanical procedures.
In the past 15 years, OOM has developed techniques in organic olive management that is unique in this organic horticultural field.
OOM employs a professional horticultural team that is responsible for the day-to-day management, OOM also has existing ties in Research and Development through major universities in Australia.
The Research and Development component of OOM is essential in maintaining the leading edge in its organic field. OOM has nourished long-term relationships with leading organisations in the field of organic agriculture that provides both inputs and mechanised innovations to its farms under management.
Organic Olive Management's mission statement is simply:
"To Constantly Improve Efficiencies and Yield Results within Organic Olive Horticulture"
OOM is responsible for maintaining the groups organic certification and is certified through NASAA, ACO/BFA, IFOAM (International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements), and AQIS (Australian Quarantine and Inspection Services). To be classified organic requires certification by accredited organisations. The certification process means that not only has the produce been organically grown, but that it has been harvested, prepared and transported via systems and processes that guarantee the product is not contaiminated by synthetic chemicals and that it is not irradiated.
In practice, this involves a system that avoids or largely excludes the use of synthetically compounded fertilisers, pesticides, growth regulators and other harmful or potentially harmful substances. However it is much more than merely not using synthetic chemicals. Active soil care, erosion control and efficient water usage are all part of the Kailis Organic and Organic Olive Management ethos. Organic methodologies include crop rotation, mechanical cultivation and biological pest control, together with nutrient delivery utilising materials such as legumes, crop residues, animal manures, green manures, other organic wastes and mineral-bearing rocks.
OOM is a fully owned subsidiary of Kailis Organic Olive Groves Limited (Kailis Organic).
Properties under OOM’s Management
Hopeland / Baldivis
• Home of the original olive grove and processing facility, located 60km from Perth city
• Current home of Kailis Organics bottling and warehousing facility
• Approximately 15 hectares of land and approximately 5,000 trees in the ground
• Fully Organic property
Preston Valley
• Kailis Organics second property, located in Western Australia’s “great southern” region, 235km south from Perth city
• Approximately 240 hectares and approximately 80,000 trees in the ground
• Fully Organic property
Avon Valley
• Kailis Organics third property and currently our largest, located 130km east of Perth city
• Undergone part- conversion to Organic – remaining areas will be certified fully Organic by May 2009
• Home to Kailis Organics new state-of-the-art Pieralisi Processing facility, the largest of its kind in Australia
• Approximately 800 hectares and approximately 260,000 trees in the ground
Twin Brooks
• Kailis Organics fourth and most recent property, located 150km east of Perth city
• Currently functioning as a conventional property and will undergo Organic certification in 2009
• Approximately 450 hectares and 150,000 trees in the ground