Organic Food Industry Bad in Summer
November 8, 2008 by Sellfarmer
Filed under Organic Food
The summer of 2008 has not been very good for the organic food industry. Below is a compendium of this summer’s news items:
June 20. The season starts with news of a Which? report that a panel of 120 taste testers found no differences between organic and conventional strawberries although the former cost two to three times as much. (Which? is the UK equivalent of Consumer Reports.)
July 6. Researchers at Bristol University in the UK find that organic chicken is not as tasty as conventionally-raised chicken. (Many people buy organic food because they believe it tastes better, but whenever tests are conducted scientifically, no taste differences are found.) Read more