Growth of U.S. Organic Marketplace Accelerated in 2024
U.S. sales of certified organic products accelerated in 2024 with an annual growth rate of 5.2%, more than double that of the overall marketplace which grew at 2.5% in the same period. Dollar sales for organic also reached a new high of $71.6 billon in 2024, according to the 2025 Organic Market Report released today by the Organic Trade Association (OTA).
Members of Congress Move to Support Organic Food Systems
As the congressionally created National Organic Standards Board (NOSB) of organic stakeholders meets this week to receive comments from the public on the semi-annual review of standards and allowed and prohibited substances in production and processing, multiple members of Congress are moving to shore up the organic sector for farmers and consumers. (See testimony here.) The current 119th Congress has brought a wave of bipartisan legislation aimed at improving the U.S. food system, including organic standards and programs.
To make America healthy again, invest in organic food
If you’re an American reading this, the odds say you suffer from chronic disease — 60 percent of U.S. adults have at least one chronic disease, and 40 percent have two or more. Heart disease, cancer and diabetes are the leading drivers of the nation’s $3.8 trillion in annual healthcare costs. The worst part? We’re doing it by eating food that’s bad for us. We’re eating ourselves to death. And it’s not just how much we eat, or our addictive taste for ultra-processed foods. It’s the way we are growing our food. If we really want to turn this mess around and lower health care costs and the prices of groceries, we have to eat more organic foods grown on American Farmland. And we have to use fewer pesticides — a lot less.
https://thehill.com/opinion/healthcare/5244787-organic-farming-america-health/
University offers agricultural producers help with organic certification and managing summer’s heat
As spring’s warm temperatures will soon be turning into summer’s heat, the University of Nevada, Reno, in collaboration with the Nevada Farm Network and other partners, is reaching out to help agricultural producers prepare for handling summer’s heat on their farms with a virtual forum on April 28. They are also offering assistance to farms and ranches aspiring to produce certified organic fruit and vegetables, hay and livestock.
https://www.unr.edu/nevada-today/news/2025/farm-forum-and-grow-organic
Supermarket saw biggest sales decline after shrinking their organic ranges in response to changing consumer behaviour
The French market for organic fruit and veg is growing again after a challenging couple of years when supermarkets scaled back their ranges and consumers tightened their purse strings due to high inflation.
https://www.fruitnet.com/eurofruit/french-organic-sales-growing-again-after-difficult-period/266385.article
