Welcome to the home of Biocast, by Island Biologicals!
If you’re looking to grow plants that are full of LIFE,
from soil to seed, then you’re in the right place.
What would you like to do today?
Welcome to the home of Biocast, by Island Biologicals
If you’re looking to grow plants that are full of LIFE,
from soil to seed, then you’re in the right place.
What would you like to do today?
At Island Biologicals we believe that life creates life.
Biocast supports the whole plant, including its microbiome, thanks to the life-stimulating compounds of earthworms and beneficial microbes.
As a grower it can support you to add health and vigour to your high production systems, to get plants through stressful times (such at transplant, or climate extremes), or give you a stepping stone to get off the inputs treadmill.
It is a high quality, natural biostimulant that you can feel good about applying, and that will be good for you, your family, your customers and your land.
“The health of the soil, plant, animal and man is one and indivisible”
Sir Albert Howard
Upcoming Events
Farm-scale Vermicomposting
2026 Dates TBC, probably April and October
This 4 week live online group training program aims to equip you with everything you need to know about successfully running a vermicompost system at a farm scale – it’s not just a bigger version of a backyard worm bin!
Held via Zoom over four sessions with additional online resources, our founder and chief worm wrangler Lee Fieldhouse will share his accumulated wisdom from over 10 years vermicomposting and consulting at the farm scale, with an emphasis on making it relevant to your situation.
Please sign up to our newsletter to be notified when the next round is announced. This course is also available to be delivered privately to individuals or groups, contact us if you’re interested.
Freebies
Biocast: liquid vermicast biostimulant
By Island Biologicals
Made in the Manning by Island Biologicals
Biocast is made by Island Biologicals. We are an Australian, family-owned and operated company based on Oxley Island, part of the beautiful Manning Valley of NSW. Our founder and Chief Worm Wrangler is Lee Fieldhouse, who has a passion for working with natural processes to bolster food production.
Our mission is to help Australian farmers add more life to our land by reconnecting with and working with natural processes when growing plants.
News & grower stories
Foliar Biocast for plant health
Using Biocast as a foliar on your plants is one of our favourite, and most common, ways to use it. If you struggle with pest and disease issues, plant nutrition challenges, lack of vigour in your plants or generally think your plants could run better, then read...
Tips for tree planting success
When you’re planting a bunch of new trees there’s nothing more disheartening than coming back a few months later to find most of them dead. Or perhaps you’ve had the experience of planting a fruit tree that you’re excited about, only to have it under-produce then...
Grower Stories: Kerrie and Kristian’s Trees
Photo credit: Aus Eco SolutionsKerrie Guppy has been an enthusiastic proponent of Biocast for years. Kirsty had a chat with her about how she and her team use it for tree planting. Kerrie and her husband Kristian own Aus Eco Solutions, offering "environmentally...
Lessons from Dr Christine Jones
At the coming of her retirement, we would like to honour the incredible career of Dr Christine Jones by sharing some of the things we have learned from her over the past decade or so. For those not familiar with her, her CV describes her: “Dr Christine Jones is an...
Story of a worm farmer
At the moment (early 2024), we are celebrating 10 years of commercial worm farming! Lee often gets asked how he got started. Here's our story: In the beginning Waaaaay back in the day, Lee was a carpenter. He apprenticed with his dad Col, just as Col had before him....
Grower stories: Jason’s pasture
Jason Simmons of The Overseer Saddlery at Armidale, NSW, is one of our Biocast stockists. He runs cattle on his 500 acre property, and has been using Biocast since 2017. He predominantly uses it as a seed dressing, and once a year as a foliar spray. Jason has as very...
> If you have a Biocast story to share we would love to hear it! Call or email Lee on 0429 197 596 or lee@islandbiologicals.com.au
QUESTIONS?
One of our favourite parts of business is chatting with people interested in exploring biological solutions. We are happy to discuss how Biocast or our other products and services apply in your particular situation, so please contact us today!
