date:May 19, 2014
eightened consumer interest in organic products.
Organic food sales now account for more than 4% of the $760 billion annual food sales in the United States, according to the O.T.A., and the growth rate of organic food sales has averaged almost 10% every year since 2010. By comparison, the average annual growth rate of total food sales has been just more than 3% during that same period, the O.T.A. noted in its survey.
Pacing organic food sales was the fruit and vegetable category, which turned