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Article: Sales boom in organic food set to continue THE FOOD WE EAT Watchdog's warning on unverified imported organic produce unlikely to alter shoppers' attitudes to `healthy' produce
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- The Independent (London, England)
- Article date:
- September 2, 2000
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HEALTH-CONSCIOUS shoppers are driving up sales of organic food by
40 per cent a year, and lack of evidence on whether the food is safer
or more nutritious is unlikely to dent the booming industry, consumer
and organic organisations said yesterday.
People buy organic produce believing it has fewer chemicals and
pesticides so is safer for them and the environment, and one-third of
organic buyers think it tastes better, said Harry Hadaway of the Soil
Association, which registers organic farmers.
He said evidence from Swiss and Danish scientists suggested
organic fruit and vegetables were healthier than conventionally grown
produce, but more research was needed.
Tim Lobstein, co-director of ...