Emerging Issues in the U.S. Organic Industry

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英文名称：

Emerging Issues in the U.S. Organic Industry

作者：

Catherine Greene; Carolyn Dimitri; Biing-Hwan Lin; William D McBride; Lydia Oberholtzer; Travis A. Smith

工作单位：

USDA's Economic Research Service

来源地址：

https://www.ers.usda.gov/publications/pub-details/?pubid=44416

关键词：

Organic agriculture;  farmers;  handlers;  consumers;  organic production costs;  organic supply;  marketing organic products;  organic label;  organic price premiums;  local food;  organic food imports;  Agricultural Resource Management Survey;  ARMS; 

年份：

2009

出版地：

Washington, DC, USA

总页数：

36 pp

语种：

English

摘要：

Consumer demand for organic products has widened over the last decade. While new producers have emerged to help meet demand, market participants report that a supply squeeze is constraining growth for both individual firms and the organic sector overall. Partly in response to shortages in organic supply, Congress in 2008 included provisions in the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act (2008 Farm Act) that, for the first time, provide financial support to farmers to convert to organic production. This report examines recent economic research on the adoption of organic farming systems, organic production costs and returns, and market conditions to gain a better understanding of the organic supply squeeze and other emerging issues in this rapidly changing industry.