The Future of Organic Foods

Organic products typically cost 10 to 40% more than similar conventionally produced products, to several times the price. According to the USDA, Americans, on average, spent $1,347 on groceries in 2004; thus switching entirely to organics would raise their cost of groceries by about $135 to $539 per year ($11 to $45 per month) assuming that prices remained stable with increased demand. Processed organic foods vary in price when compared to their conventional counterparts.

While organic food accounts for 1–2% of total food production worldwide, the organic food sales market is growing rapidly with between 5 and 10 percent of the food market share in the United States according to the Organic Trade Association, significantly outpacing sales growth volume in dollars of conventional food products.

Other resources to facilitate understanding from Gaiam TV

What foods should you be eating and what supplements should you be taking for your current stage of life? Georgia Shakti-Hill invites her own nutritional advisor to provide a lifelong plan of what we should be eating.

He emphasizes the importance of organic food. They discuss nutrition for babies and small children, teenagers, middle-aged people, and the elderly. Talmadge explains everything from iron for women, what fats to eat, and food bacteria.