Organic food sales climb

Dutch consumers spent €460.3m on organic food last year, up almost €40m on 2005, according to Biologica.

Biologica is the Dutch umbrella organisation for organic farming and food. Founded in 1992, it brings together all players in the organic field, including farmers, traders, manufacturers and retailers.

I probably could have told you this anyway, based on my experience of the extensive queues I always seem to face at the local natuurwinkel (organics store). Not sure what is so appealing about standing in lines, but it does not really seem to bother the locals of my adopted place of residence. And apparently dairy products, meat and bread were particularly in demand, but that is no real surprise either, since that pretty much is the Dutch diet…

Shane