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For marketers of organic produce, certification under USDA organic standards is the starting point, the bold headline on their fruits and vegetables.
For many years, retail organic sales seemed to increase at a minimum of 10% every year. Times change and the winds of inflation and worries about the economy are slowing the momentum toward organics.
Organic growers and marketers are facing the vice of higher input costs on one side and the desire to limit price increases for customers on the other.
Continued growth and greater consumer choice is anticipated for tomorrow’s organic fresh produce sector, according to a survey from The Packer.
Consumers want both convenience and sustainability in organic produce packaging, and marketers say they will deliver.
Oviedo, Fla.-based Duda Farm Fresh Foods will spotlight its new single count Organic Celery Heart product at the IFPA Global Produce and Floral Show Oct. 27-29 in Orlando, Fla.
A new report outlines several ways organic agriculture should benefit from the next farm bill.
Naturipe Farms is the largest producer of organic blueberries in the world, and sales are still headed higher, says Brian Bocock, vice president of product management for Naturipe.
About 20% of the produce from Yakima, Wash.-based Domex Superfresh Growers is organic certified, and that percentage is moving up to 25% in the future, says Catherine Gipe-Stewart, director of marketing.
Organic fresh produce grew sales by 5.5 percent in 2021, topping $9 billion for the first time, and outpacing conventionally grown produce in year-over-year gains in both sales and volume.