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U.S. organic sales soar to new high of nearly $62 billion in 2020

Dive Brief: Sales of organic food leaped 12.8% to hit a record $56.4 billion in 2020, according to the Organic Trade Association. This compares to a 4.6% growth rate in 2019. Total sales of organic fruit and vegetables reached $20.4 billion in 2020, pushed by a more than 28% jump in frozen. Sales of organic meat, poultry and fish rose nearly 25% to reach $1.7 billion.  Among pantry goods, sales of organic flours and baked goods increased 30% as consumers embraced home cooking. Condiment sales rose 31% on strong demand for sauces and spices. The latter saw a 51% growth rate, more than triplin...

USDA Flickr Trade Commission to investigate whether Indian organic soybean meal unfairly traded and distorting U.S. organic soybean market. Over the past several years, Indian organic meal has flooded the U.S. market, jumping from just 2% before the surge to now owning nearly 70% of the U.S. organic meal market. U.S.-produced organic soybean meal meanwhile has plummeted from 80% of the market to just over 30%. The United States International Trade Commission (USITC) determined that there is a reasonable indication that a U.S. industry is materially injured by reason ...

Bipartisan legislation shapes the road forward for organic Organic Trade Association applauds lawmakers and broad coalition for support of farmers, businesses, and consumers April 30, 2021 12:37 ET | Source: Organic Trade Association Organic Trade Association Washington, District of Columbia, UNITED STATES Washington, D.C., April 30, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Organic Trade Association on Friday applaudedthe introduction of legislation that puts in place an improved federal process for the oversight of organic that will bring the government up t...

Related Rodale Institute—one of America’s most renowned organic institutes—announced today it will help transition more than 50,000 acres of farmland to organic production by forming an unlikely alliance with Cargill, the largest privately owned agribusiness company in the country, and chicken producer Bell & Evans. The project is called the U.S. Organic Grain Initiative, and it’s designed to help more farmers adopt organic practices and fill a gap in domestic organic animal feed. While organic product sales have more than doubled over the past decade to hit $55 billion in 2019, certi...