美国有机食品每年增加18%左右,2009年11%的水果蔬菜是有机的
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organic_food美国的有机食品不含转基因成分。反对转基因食品的活动主要是在发达国家。五六十年前,所有食品都是有机的。United States
- Organic food is the fastest growing sector of the American food marketplace.[43][dead link]
- Organic food sales have grown by 17 to 20 percent a year for the past few years[44] while sales of conventional food have grown at only about 2 to 3 percent a year.[45]
- In 2003 organic products were available in nearly 20,000 natural food stores and 73% of conventional grocery stores.[46]
- Organic products accounted for 3.7% of total food and beverage sales, and 11.4% of all fruit and vegetable sales in the year 2009.[47]