Rising organic market worth €104m in 2008, says Sargent

SALES of organic produce in Ireland are on the increase, Horticulture Trevor Sargent declared when he gave the closing address at the Organics Producers Conference in Harper Adams College, Shropshire, England.

He said the Irish organic market was estimated to be worth €104 million in 2008 compared with €66m in 2006.

“The most recent information I have for 2009, which was up to the end of October, indicated that sales of organic food had already reached €124m,” he said.