Washington, DC
June, 2009
 Emerging
Issues in the U.S. Organic Industry
By Catherine Greene, Carolyn Dimitri, Biing-Hwan Lin, William
McBride, Lydia Oberholtzer, and Travis Smith
Economic Information Bulletin No. (EIB-55) 36 pp, June 2009
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 direct 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.
Charts and graphs (in .png
format) from this report are available in the .zip file listed
below. The .zip file also contains a document (readme.txt) that
lists the name and title of each chart or graph file.
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