BIOFarm Brief

About Us
　　 BIOFarm – an urban legend, is in a mere driving distance of 10 mins from Shanghai Pudong International Airport. Previously she was called OStore. Started in the year 2004, BIOFarm never wavered in her belief to improve soil through organic methods, combating all kinds of challenges of nature, growing non GM vegetables out of an uncontaminated land without using any chemical pesticides / fertilizers or growth hormones. After years of hard working, a wasteland once covered with rubbles and boulders and high in soil salinity has been turned into a fertile field with more than a hundred varieties of output each year. Although BIOFarm is no more than 100 acres in space, she is professionally supplying organic lettuces, organic sprouts, organic micro-vegetables, organic edible flowers, organic herbs and other special items long-termly to various star-rated hotel restaurants. In 2010, BIOFarm has even become an appointed supplier for Shanghai World Expo.

BIOFarm actively promotes “grow local”, “buy local”. Under the research cooperation with The Organic Agriculture and Organic Food Institute of Nanjing Agricultural University, BIOFarm has been challenging local climates, soil and water, to grow non-local new types and varieties. Seeds were kept by farm to establish the first organic seedbank in China, and nearly 20 types that are fit for local sustainable growing have been collected and the genetic diversity of vegetables that are native to China has been well preserved. At present, farm-kept organic seeds are only provided for schools to support On-Campus Organic Garden activities. BIOFarm has especially allocated a piece of land as exclusively non-profit seedling supply base for UN’s sustainable treeplanting activity “Stand Up & Take Action”, to help with environmental protection. 

Through holding organic farming training courses and bio-education promotions, BIOFarm has trained her core teams. Besides exchanging in practice with The Organic Institute of Nanjing Agricultural University and The Organic Food Academy of Shanxi Yuncheng Professional Technology College, volunteers of international Jane Goodall Institute – “Roots and Shoots” Shanghai whom BIOFarm has trained annually, have also set up organic gardens in their schools. BIOFarm also invites people from all over the world who care for supporting organic farming to learn and exchange. In the meantime, under the concept of CSA, BIOFarm supports “Organic Farmers’ Market” in communities, making sure that consumers will have direct access to the freshest, tastiest and safest organic produces. Our local small farmers will gain their fair share of benefits, and agricultural sustainability is thus ensured.