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Organic Sales Surge to $71.6B, Doubling Market Growth Rate

Organic sales accelerate as cleaner ingredients, narrowing price gaps, and younger health-focused shoppers drive growth despite inflationary headwinds

Prepared Foods Editorial Staff

October 16, 2025

US sales of certified organic products accelerated in 2024 with an annual growth rate of 5.2%, more than double that of the overall marketplace which grew at 2.5% in the same period. Dollar sales for organic also reached a new high of $71.6 billon in 2024, according to the 2025 Organic Market Report.

Protecting the Organic Promise: Combating Fraud in a Growing Market

Industry leaders step up with rigorous traceability, hands-on sourcing and new regulatory tools to safeguard authenticity

Kerry Hughes

June 11, 2025

Organic food fraud is a growing threat as demand surges and global supply chains face new pressures. Product developers are exploring how to strengthen traceability, build direct farmer relationships and adopt new USDA enforcement tools to protect the integrity of the organic label.

Formulating or Reformulating for Organic Certification

November 15, 2022

David Feder, Executive Editor-Technical for Prepared Foods, interviews Allison Rittman, research chef and expert on the art and craft of creating organic foods and beverages.

Flavorchem Explains New Regulations on Organic Certified Flavors

October 2, 2019

As of December 27, 2019, organic certified flavors will be required in all organic food and beverage products, unless the flavor is not commercially available as organic.

General Mills Partners with Organic Valley

Partnership will help approximately 20 dairy farms add 3,000 acres to organic dairy production

June 24, 2016

General Mills announced a strategic sourcing partnership with the largest organic cooperative in the U.S. that will help about 20 dairy farms add around 3,000 acres to organic dairy production over the next three years.

Organic Sector Petitions USDA for Organic Check-off

New research and promotion program could be a major step for organic

May 12, 2015

In a groundbreaking move for the nation's organic sector, the Organic Trade Association (OTA), in collaboration with the GRO Organic Core Committee, on Tuesday formally petitioned the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to begin steps to conduct a vote on and implement a research and promotion check-off program for the organic industry.

New Report Finds Ocean-based Fish Farming at Odds with Organic Standard

53 organizations agree that USDA should not allow farmed fish at sea to be labeled "organic"

October 23, 2014

The Center for Food Safety (CFS) released a comprehensive, scientific report detailing why ocean-based aquaculture (fish farming) can never be certified organic.

Organic Opens Up

Katherine DiMatteo

June 14, 2012

The U.S. organic industry grew by almost 10% last year to meet expanding demand—exceeding $31 billion in sales, according to findings from the Organic Trade Association’s just-released “2012 Organic Industry Survey.”

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