TY - CHAP
T1 - Emerging issues in the U.S. organic industry
AU - Greene, Catherine
AU - Dimitri, Carolyn
AU - Lin, Biing Hwan
AU - McBride, William
AU - Oberholtzer, Lydia
AU - Smith, Travis
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2011 Nova Science Publishers, Inc. All rights reserved.
Copyright:
Copyright 2018 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2011/1/1
Y1 - 2011/1/1
N2 - 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 fi rst time, provide financial support to farmers to convert to organic production. This chapter 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.
AB - 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 fi rst time, provide financial support to farmers to convert to organic production. This chapter 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.
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M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:84946848873
SN - 9781617612848
SP - 1
EP - 29
BT - Emerging Issues in the U.S. Organic Food Industry
PB - Nova Science Publishers, Inc.
ER -