Is the organic food boom just a trend?

Organic foods may have seriously started off as a trend, but they have definitely grown past that point and should be viewed as a bona fide market in itself, rather than a glorified extension of the agricultural sector as we see it. read more

Japanese Organic Market, GAIN Report, FAS, USDA, 2013 - Because of the huge size of the Japanese food market, which is well over $820 billion with retail and food service sectors combined, as well as serious food safety concerns among Japanese consumers, the growth potential of the organic market is significant. read more

In growth terms, organic is now outperforming the non-organic grocery market, contradicting cynics who said that at the first whiff of austerity we would ditch high-minded concerns about animal welfare, pesticides and the planet, and join the cheap food scrum. read more