Natural/Organic Products : Research

This report outlines the attitudes and practices of North American buyers towards environmentally preferable purchasing.

This "Critical Issue Report" documents the extent of nutrient decline, reviews ways that farmers and breeders can increase nutrient density, and explains the importance of doing so in order to improve public health.

Provides answers to frequently asked questions about relatively-high risk foods, as well as foods that pose no or modest dietary risks.

The Midwest Sustainable Agriculture Working Group and the Sustainable Agriculture Coalition work for a system of sustainable agriculture that is profitable for small and medium-sized farmers, environmentally sound, family farm-based, and socially just.

This eighth edition of the HWTR is an essential tool for opportunity analysis, new product development, communications development, and overall strategic planning as it seeks to analyze the many health and wellness consumer and marketplace changes.

This 100-page report provides a general overview of the LOHAS marketplace and of the five new NMI LOHAS segments. It explores how NMI’s proprietary LOHAS consumer segments differ in attitudes toward the environment, society, corporate social responsibility, and health. It also provides an introduction to their behavior, sources of influence, and demographics.

This report provides manufacturers, marketers and retailers with the opportunities and gaps that exist within the marketplace and explores target consumers and the factors that most resonate with them.

Defra published its ‘Action Plan to Develop Organic Food and Farming in England’ in June 2002 (Anon., 2002a). The Action Plan aimed to ensure stable and strategic growth for the organic sector, and it set out steps that the Government and the food and farming industry would take to encourage a sustainable organic farming and food sector in England.

U.S. sales of natural and organic foods and beverages reached $28.2 billion in 2006, according to the Nutrition Business Journal. Sales of organic foods and beverages alone increased by 22 percent to $16.9 billion. These foods are a key component in the major consumer trend known as whole health solutions — diets that promote health and wellbeing, prevent disease, help cure illnesses and protect the environment. Retailers, suppliers and producers —natural and mainstream — are meeting this demand with new foods and organic alternatives to conventional products.