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Going organic: Lilybank Station manager Johnny Wheeler says farming in such a fragile environment means growing organically is the only way to go.
New Zealand’s first organic oat milk uses South Island oats
Oats grown organically in the South Island have been used to produce New Zealand’s first organic oat milk.
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] by Kent caddick Otis Oat M!lk has recently launched the first organic oat milk made with 100% organic New Zealand oats to hit supermarket shelves. Sourced from the heart of oat growing country in the South Island, The Organic One has been made with organic oats grown in Lilybank Station at the top of Lake Tekapo and Avalon Farms in West Otago. With only three ingredients – oats, water
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and salt, Otis’ focus has been on using lighter touch, lighter on land farming principles. While the ingredients list is simple, this organic innovation has been in development for a number of years while Otis overcame the challenges of growing the country’s first organic oats for milk production. Otis co-founder Tim Ryan said the organic offering was intended to be part of the initial range. “We first set out on our product development journey back in 2018 with grand inten-
tions of an organic milk being part of our core range, however those intentions were quickly scuppered as there were a number of constraints” Ryan said. “We have worked closely with experienced organic oat farmers, Allan Richardson from Avalon Farms and Johnny Wheeler from Lilybank Station in the Mackenzie Country, to put organic oat seed in the ground for our first organic milk.
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