Organic food is now the fastest-growing segment of U.S. agriculture. In 2007, the value of retail sales of organic foods was estimated at more than 20 billion U.S. dollars. According to the Food Marketing Institute, more than half of Americans buy organic food product at least once a month. The industry is expected to be at a rate of 18 percent per year until 2010, sales of organic food is one of the fastest growing sectors in the U.S. economy is generally weak. Organic food, cut their budgets is not an option for many people who are fighting for their survival.

What does it mean, green?

According to the National Organic Standards Board:

“Organic agriculture is an ecological production management and promotes greater biodiversity, biological cycles and soil biological activity. It is based on minimal use of external inputs and on management practices that restore, maintain and enhance ecological harmony.

“The word is a bio-labeling term that stands for goods under the authority of the law concerning the manufacture organic foods. The principal guidelines for organic production are to use materials and processes, the ecological balance of natural systems and to improve that to integrate the parts of the farming system into an ecological whole.
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