Backyard Aquaponics
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Guys, when you sell produce to either a local restaurant, grocery store or independent grocery chain do you require a permit in Australia?

Is there some kind of regulation for say market gardeners and if so how would this apply to aquaponics?

Depends on which county you are in.
Here I have seen it done without any permits requirements.

Thanks for your reply Zubin. You have an innovative set up.

I have never sold produce ever before so I'm just wondering how one would go about doing it.

Any tips for selling produce?

ummm.. find customers?

No permits required to sell vegetables, herbs or fruits in W.A.. We used to sell mulberries to the fruit and veg markets from our backyard tree.

so no permit, but you would have to declare the income... in theory...

Thanks Earthbound, I have been wondering about that for a while.

This thread is somewhat contradictory:

viewtopic.php?f=1&t=13845

Like ccbear mentions in that thread, regulations will differ depending on where you live.

"Declare the income"...haha, good one Gazza!

I heard a story about a small business who didn't declare all their income. Business was booming and it came time to expand.

Off to see the bank manager for a loan only to be rejected as the business didn't appear to have good enough turnover.

Twas a joke. Yeah, as painful as it might be sometimes, declaring your income is a good idea.

It's alright Vlad.... on this forum we all understand that you don't need to declare income from aquaponics...

Especially any income from books, DVDs... training courses etc....

You could always sell produce at weekend markets etc

We're just beginning a mobile wood fired pizza business and hoping to grow all the tomatoes and capsicums and garlic and whatever else we need ourselves. And just preserve however to use throughout the year (since once the frost comes it will wipe out the summer crops). We will also sell to the public whatever excess we have, just on the corner of our MWFP stall.

Does anyone know if I can do this in NSW without any kind of license? I'm assuming I can, because all my digging hasn't turned up anything apart from this:

http://www.foodauthority.nsw.gov.au/ind ... GQzKMn4WKJ

That 'list' doesn't apply to us, so I assume we don't need a license. But in the world we live in, full of red tape (and gosh I'm going through my fair share of it with the 'food safety' stuff for the business) then I find it hard to believe I can get away with growing fruit and veg to sell, and then cook and sell, without having to notify someone, have some inspection or pay some fee.

Obviously I'm not talking about using fish from the aquaponics. I know licenses are required for that sort of thing.

Our aquaponics system still isn't mature so only part of the produce will come from that, the rest out of the ground. But we're aiming for in the future to grow all our fruiting and leafy vegies in the aquaponics eventually.

Thanks for any incoming insight.