According to Nutrition Business Journal, organic food sales will reach a startling $35 billion this year which is seen as a “Food Revolution.” Fresh fruits and vegetables accounts for 43% of U.S. organic food sales in 2012, dairy, bread, packaged foods, snack foods, meat, poultry, seafood, and even condiments are seeing an up-turn in organic sales.
Eating organic is no longer ‘fringe’ or something done solely by health-nuts and athletes, hippies, and paranoids. In fact, consumer demand for organic food is seeing double digit growth year over year, and it doesn’t show signs of stopping.
Walmart has conducted internal research and found 91% of shoppers would purchase products from an affordable private label organic line. A spokesperson for Wild Oats has explained to the media that Currently organic prices are higher than conventional foods because of “highly fragmented production chain of organic food, which results in high prices.”
Read more about these matters here:
http://naturalsociety.com/sorry-monsanto-organic-food-demand-absolutely-exploding
ttp://www.prweek.com/article/1298250/organic-battle-large-local
