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