An interesting discussion with Organic farmers and activists in the UK looking at how the recession is affecting organic sales. The take home points for me were:

  • Organic meat producers being hit very hard by high (organic) feed costs
  • Organic dairy doing OK
  • Organic sales in supermarkets – flat or declining
  • Organic direct sales (box schemes, farm gate etc) doing OK – flat or small growth.

Worth a listen:

[podcast]http://organiccollege.com/dl-blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/farming-today-has-organic-bubble-burst-20090220.mp3[/podcast] or
Download the mp3 file.

Has the Organic Bubble Burst? Farming Today BBC Radio 4