date:Jul 21, 2014
Recent consumer research by Irish food body Bord Bia highlights a return to growth in the retail value of organic food in Ireland for the first time since 2010.
The Bord Bia study, funded by the Department Agriculture, Food and the Marine and carried out by Ipsos MRBI, values annual retail sales of organic food at 99.1 million, up from 97 million last year.
Retail sales of organic food reached a record high of 106 million in 2010.
Almost 60% of consumers surveyed purchased organic produce in