According to a new report from the Organic Trade Association (OTA), U.S. retail sales of organic products rose to 11.5 per cent in 2013, or US$35.1 billion. 92 per cent of these were food or beverages. OTA executive director Laura Batcha says, “There was strong growth in produce and eggs, but we’ve also seen a resurgence in sales of some organic packaged foods such as snacks and cereals. Daily growth was positive but somewhat curtailed by lack of supply, but breads and grains were up 11.6 per cent.” Walmart made a move to go more organic recently by announcing plans to launch organic Wild Oats products for a new and more affordable price at 2,000 stores.
