Sunday, March 23, 2008

Organic Accounts for 1%

"Whereas a few years ago, organic food was a rare occurrence in stores, that is no longer the case. However, the bulk of farms' organic production is exported. Including imports, organic food does not exceed 1% of the market, reports BUSINESS Magazin.

However, one example is Dumitru Argeseanu, the owner of a farm with 4,000 hens, which lay one million organic eggs each year. He started to build the farm in 2002 in partnership with the World Bank, and according to Argeseanu: "the first organic egg left the farm in 2004"."


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