Dimitri, Carolyn; Oberholtzer, Lydia - Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture - 2009
. The marketing boom has pushed retail sales of organic foods up to $21.1 billion in 2008 from $3.6 billion in 1997. U … consumers has been buying more varieties of organic food. Organic handlers, who purchase products from farmers and often supply … them to retailers, sell more organic products to conventional retailers and club stores than ever before. Only one segment …