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Food Prices Boom, But Organic Still Sells

Despite rising consumer prices, revenues should reach $33B in 2008

By Rebecca Smith Hurd, Newser User

Posted Sep 13, 2008 6:19 PM CDT

(Newser) – Sales of pricey organic foods have remained strong despite rising food prices, proving organic naysayers wrong, Meredith Niles blogs in Grist. In fact the organics industry has enjoyed double-digit growth since 2005, and while it may not achieve such impressive numbers this year, the trend... Read full story »

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Food Prices Boom, But Organic Still Sells

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