Demand surges for organic food

07 September 1999

Demand surges for organic food

TWO of the countrys biggest supermarkets are both reporting a surge in demand for organic food, according to a report in The Guardian

Tesco has seen a 20-fold increase over the last three years, whereas Sainsbury reports a 125-fold rise since 1995.

Sales of organic food are expected to reach £500m per annum next year and take 10% of the market by 2005.

The amount of organically-farmed land is just 1.5% of the total agricultural land.

• The Guardian 07/09/99 page 2
  
• The Herald 07/09/99 page 26

• The Independent 30/07/99 page 9 (Review section)
  

• Call for organic-GM compromise, FWi, (29 July, 1999)
• Limit fungicides on organic farms – Lords, FWi, (29 July, 1999)