Organic food sales up 82% in 2 years

ORGANIC food sales in Ireland have increased by 82% to €104 million in the past two years, it was revealed in Waterford yesterday.

Details of the sales rise from €57m in the year to July 2006 were given at the Bord Bia’s national organics conference held in conjunction with the four day Terre Madre gastronomic festival which continues in Waterford until Sunday.

Bord Bia research also revealed that 45% of Irish grocery shoppers purchased an organic product in the last month — up from 20% in 2003.