Germany: Strong growth of the organic market in 2011.

According to provisional data for 2011, compiled by the German Federation of the Organic Food Industry BÖLW, the organic area grew by only 2.3 percent, increasing from of 990’702 hectares in 2010 to 1.01 million hectares in 2011. For farms, the growth rate was 4.8 percent; 23’000 farms managed organically in 2011. <br>In 2011, the organic market grew at a faster rate than the organic land and number of farms. Compared with 2010, the organic sales grew by 9 percent. Revenues grew from 6.02 billion Euros in 2010 to&nbsp; 6.59 billion Euros in 2011. "This growth is encouraging. The bad news is, however, that the development of organic farming in Germany lags behind the market development," said Alexander Gerber, Director of BÖLW. The logical consequence is that the import share continues to rise.<br><br><br>Organic-world.net, 15 marzo 2012, <a href="http://www.organic-world.net">www.organic-world.net</a><br><br><br><br&…;