Astounding Growth in Organic Food Industry!

Now $63 Billion Dollars Worldwide!

 

The LN Newsletter, June 26, 2013, (http://www.spreadlibertynews.com/the-organic-review-organic-food-industry-now-63-billion), citing an article by the International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements (IFOAM), reports that worldwide the organic food industry now totals $63 billion dollars.  Between 2002 and 2011, the organic food industry increased 170% or 19% annually.

 

 What's Responsible for This Mighty Increase?

 

The LN Newsletter sums up the reasons:

 

There is no doubt that more and more people are catching on to the realization that organic foods are a healthier choice than processed and conventional foods.

 

Genetically modified ingredients, chemical additives, and coloring are a potential risk to our health and more and more people have steered clear of them in recent years.

 

 

The Largest Single Market for Organic Food

 

 

The United States is the largest single market for organic food (and beverages).  Since 2011, the U.S. organic industry increased by 9.5%, to over $31 billion dollars.

 

 

Nevertheless--Organic Agriculture Fares Poorly!

 

 

Less than 1% of the world's farmland is cultivated organically!  Across 162 countries, only 37.2 million hectares are cultivated organically.

 

That averages to less than 10 acres in 162 countries!

 

 

Much Good News!

 

but

 

A Long Way Still to Go!

 

 

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