Tasmania, el aire más puro del planeta.

Muchas son los motivos por las que hace de Tasmania un lugar especial en lo que agricultura y calidad de vida se refiere. Es un lugar único en el mundo para cultivar, y las razones son numerosas:

Tasmania, es considerado el lugar más limpio para respirar. “Tasmania has some of the cleanest air in the world”. Gracias a su clima es posible crear una agricultura de calidad y sostenible. 

Tasmania has a perfect climate, and perfect for the production of outstanding cool-climate wines. Tasmania is the only state in Australia that currently has a market for its total wine grape output. Demand is in creasing for cool-climate wines, particularly Pinot Noir.

Many winegrowers are already making contracts with Tasmanian vineyards to escape the effects of climate change. Wine grapes are especial y sensitive to changes in temperature and many of the planet's best wine regions will be unable to grow these grapes by the year 2050. But Tasmania's cool temperate climate keeps temperatures relatively intact even in the face of worldwide changes. This relative climate stasis ensures that Tasmania has old vines to produce some of the best wine grapes on planet Earth going forward. In fact, many winegrowers are planting vines now for the year 2100.

Es un clima templado que puede oscilar con 4 estaciones distintas, lo que permite un ciclo de siembra y cosecha.

One of the reasons for the indomitable expansion of agriculture on the Tasmanian island is the mild climate. There are no deep, dark and cold winter and neither are there sweltering summers. However, the climate does change with 4 distinct seasons which allows for a planting and harvesting cycle. But despite the cyclical seasons, there is nary a threat of losing crops to frost or drought

La isla es el primer estado de Australia en declarar el 100 % de la energía que utiliza renovable, y por tanto autosuficiente en su abastecimiento

The Tasmanian government declared that it has become the first Australian state, and one of just a handful of jurisdictions worldwide, to be powered entirely by renewable electricity. Tasmania has done effectively become entirely self-sufficient for supplies of renewable electricity, provided by the state’s wind and hydroelectricity projects.

Tasmania has long had one of the greenest supplies of electricity in Australia, with the state’s significant hydroelectricity resources supplying the bulk of the state’s power. 

La agricultura en Tasmania es el sector que más contribuye en la economía insular Y con mayor crecimiento, apoyado por la inversión en los mercados y la infraestructura. Esto incluye Riego de Tasmania, que desde 2008 ha sido instrumental en el desarrollo y la mejora de la productiva de las industrias agrícolas del estado. En gran medida se debe a que Tasmania dispone de excelentes condiciones de cultivo: tierra fértil, rica en nitrógeno, pocas plagas y enfermedades, y abundantes recursos hídricos de calidad.

Tasmania sits right in the teeth of the Roaring Forties; the weather system that runs the Southern Hemisphere like an engine. The swirling winds bring the freshest air on earth to the Natural State as well as clean rains. Add that to deep, nutrient soil and you have the perfect recipe for abundant agriculture. Everybody knows Tasmania as the Apple Isle due to its numerous orchards, but not many know that nearly a quarter of Tasmania's land is consumed by agriculture. Meat, vegetables, fruit and dairy products are made fresh every day and many farmers go beyond organic. And that's a testament to Tasmania's commitment to preservation and authenticity.

Tasmania es el único estado en Australia que tiene una prohibición legal sobre el uso de hormonas de crecimiento, Eso le aporta a la exportación de carne de res un valor añadido, ya que supone 120 millones de dólares australianos cada año.

Tasmania’s government has stepped in to place in an indefinite ban on genetically modified crops. Hormones and antibiotics are also banned for growing livestock. And the government sets aside millions of dollars to create efficient and large-scale irrigation projects to suit the expansion of farming on the island. To put it into perspective, agricultural growth rate on the Tasmanian island is 3.7% per year. That's nearly double the world average of 1.7% and triple the average of Australian mainland agricultural growth over the last 10 years. All of this adds up to make agriculture the largest contributor to Tasmania's economy.

La pesca silvestre en Tasmania genera más de 150 millones de dólares australianos, y su filosofía se basa en hacerlo de forma sostenible. Se basa en una exportación de productos sin modificación genética, hormonas o antibióticos.

En Tasmania hay más de 400 granjas que generan 100 millones de dólares australianos al año. Además tiene un gran ingreso por la exportación de opiaceos y lavanda.

Tasmania es también el hogar de una serie de organizaciones de investigación y desarrollo cómo La Universidad de Tasmania (UTAS), que en el reciente Ranking Académico de Universidades Mundiales, UTAS ocupó el 2 por ciento de las universidades más importantes del mundo, y los Rankings QS World University consideran a UTAS como una de las mejores del mundo para Ciencias de la Tierra y del Mar, y Agricultura y Forestal.

Another driver of the agricultural market in Tasmania is Pyrethrum, which is a natural pesticide. Grown carefully under contract with the Botanical Resources Australia, the flowers are produced into pellets to be exported to the United States. More than 2,000 hectares of land are set aside on the northwest coast where a processing facility manufactures the pesticide.

One of the largest contributors to Tasmania's economy is the poppy industry. More than 20,000 hectares of land are set aside to grow up to 2.5 tonnes of poppy heads. Tasmania's efficient production of poppy supplies 40% of the medical market in the United States for drugs like codeine. And poppy flowers also provide other pharmaceutical chemicals that are shipped off to other countries in Europe.