date:Oct 30, 2013
While fruits and vegetables and dairy products continue to dominate the U.S. organic food landscape, cropland planted to organic grains and oilseeds has tripled over the last 15 years, according to analysis from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
In an article in the Oct. 24 issue of Amber Waves magazine, the Economic Research Service of the U.S.D.A. estimated the area planted in 2011 to certified organic crops was 3.1 million acres, up more than 200% from 1997, when acreage was beneath 1 mill