Brought to you by: Honey Dressing. The organic food market has grown at an extraordinary pace over the last five years and the growth is far from ending here. Thus, estimates indicate that there will be a doubling of the present sales by 2011. Such statistics have in fact given a new direction to the growth of the organic food market since more and more food farmers choose to adapt to the new requirements in order to generate more revenue. Consumers, on the other hand, want to avoid chemicals, antibiotics, hormones, pesticides and the genetically modified organisms that are present in conventional foods, and people are really looking for labels that read ORGANIC.
The extension of the organic food market is therefore rooted in the increased consumer awareness that non-organic foods are dangerous. The more we learn about the additives and chemical substances in non-organic products, the higher the eagerness to buy something organic. In time, the exposure of the processed food risks will determine a whole new evolution direction of the organic food market.
And people shop at supermarkets, which is why, retailers have to offer attractive products that are considered organic commodities at a very affordable price. Consequently, when you shop at Wal-Mart you expect to get organic foods at a fairly decent rate.
There are plenty of producers all over the world who service the organic food market. Although favored by some producers, exports of organic products is more difficult due to the perishable nature of the foods. The responsibility and the emphasis at the same time falls on farming groups, farmers and local producers that primarily target the local market sector.
The organic food market is in a continuous expansion that goes hand in hand with an increase of productivity. This growth can only be achieved if more and more manufacturers get caught in the system. There is however a risk in this extension.
The conventional product sales will drop with the higher preponderance of organic foods and the development of the organic food market. Regulations may become loose and allow semi-organic products to enter the market as well, because the biologically clean solutions are definitely not able to stay up to the consuming demands of the world’s population.
Therefore, we could be witnessing an alteration of the standards that make organic foods so appealing to the health-concerned consumers. Regulations therefore have to remain strict and their implementation by control organs has to be impeccable.