Steady growth for global organic farming
Mar 12, 2021
4 minutes
“Organic foods were introduced on a large scale in the early 1990s. It took over 15 years for global organic product sales to reach US$50 billion (R753 billion) in 2008. In 2018, sales surpassed the US$100 billion (R1,5 trillion) mark. According to the latest data published in the 2021 edition of ‘The World of Organic Agriculture’, with COVID-19 changing the way people shop and eat, the next leap, to US$150 billion (R2,3 trillion), could be within the next few years.
GLOBAL TRENDS
The global market for organic food reached US$112 billion (R1,7 trillion) in 2019. The market has expanded by 55% since 2013. The US is
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