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Shoppers are hungry for organic foods
United States
Thursday 14 June 2007
Not all apples are created equally.
Some come with fewer pesticides than others. But eating one of these a day certainly will keep more dollars away, because organic apples, like most organic foods, can carry a steep price tag.
Higher prices haven't kept Snohomish County residents away from their organic foods of choice. Nearly every grocery store in the region carries at least a handful of organic produce and other goods. And some organic products aren't priced to break the bank.
If you buy organics these days, you're not alone. About 75 percent of Americans say they buy organic products, according to a 2006 report by the Hartman Group, a retail consulting firm in Bellevue. That's up from 55 percent in 2000.
The demand has pushed organic sales upward at a rate of about 20 percent annually over the past five years. That means nearly three of four mainstream grocery stores carry organic products, according to a government study. Shoppers are more apt to pick up organic fruit and vegetables than other organic items.
The organic top 10 are peaches, apples, sweet bell peppers, celery, nectarines, strawberries, cherries, pears, imported grapes and spinach. Other items - onions, avocados, frozen sweet corn, pineapples, mangos and asparagus - tend to receive lower doses of pesticides and, therefore, are less important to buy organically produced.
Some come with fewer pesticides than others. But eating one of these a day certainly will keep more dollars away, because organic apples, like most organic foods, can carry a steep price tag.
Higher prices haven't kept Snohomish County residents away from their organic foods of choice. Nearly every grocery store in the region carries at least a handful of organic produce and other goods. And some organic products aren't priced to break the bank.
If you buy organics these days, you're not alone. About 75 percent of Americans say they buy organic products, according to a 2006 report by the Hartman Group, a retail consulting firm in Bellevue. That's up from 55 percent in 2000.
The demand has pushed organic sales upward at a rate of about 20 percent annually over the past five years. That means nearly three of four mainstream grocery stores carry organic products, according to a government study. Shoppers are more apt to pick up organic fruit and vegetables than other organic items.
The organic top 10 are peaches, apples, sweet bell peppers, celery, nectarines, strawberries, cherries, pears, imported grapes and spinach. Other items - onions, avocados, frozen sweet corn, pineapples, mangos and asparagus - tend to receive lower doses of pesticides and, therefore, are less important to buy organically produced.
