International
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| International
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| International Fertilizer Companies - Phone Numbers
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| IFOAM International Organic
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| International Facts and statistics about Organic Food
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| While organic food accounts for 12% of total food sales worldwide, the organic food market is growing rapidly, far ahead of the rest of the food industry, in both developed and developing nations.
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| World organic food sales were US $23 billion in 2002. Organic monitor
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| The world organic market has been growing by 20% a year since the early 1990s, with future growth estimates ranging from 10-50% annually depending on the country.
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| In the - United States - , organic food is federally regulated by the National Organic Program:
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| Organic products are now available in nearly 20,000 natural food stores and 73 % of conventional grocery stores, and account for approximately 1-2 % of total food sales in the U.S." Feb 2003ERS USDA
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| Prepared Foods Two thirds of organic milk and cream and half of organic cheese and yogurt are sold through conventional supermarkets.
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| In the - European Union - , organic food is regulated by the EU-Eco-regulation
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| Germany:
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| Baby food is almost exclusively organic, and over 30% of bread baked in Munich is organic. From IFOAM facts
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| Italy: Existing legislation calls for all school lunches to be organic by 2005.
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| Austria: The government has created incentives so that within the next few years, 10 % of its food will comprise locally grown organic foods.
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| In - Cuba: - After the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1990, the government converted the entire country to organic agriculture, and currently only organic agriculture is permitted by law.
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| Bananas and Plantains, Honduran Agricultural Research Foundation (FHIA). Banana Wars, by Joanna Blythman (The Observer, 13-Mar-2005)
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