UK: Soil Association publishes Organic Market Report 2010.

The Soil Association has recently published its organic market report for the UK. It predicts a modest market expansion of between 2 percent to 5 percent in the UK market for organic products in 2010. <br>The 2010 Organic Market report also shows that sales of organic products in the UK fell by 12.9 percent in 2009 to £1.84 billion. In line with other retail sectors, shoppers spent less on organic food in the recession. Organically managed land area in the UK increased to 743'516 hectares in January 2009 and now represents 4.3 percent of UK farmland.<br>Further key findings in the report <a href="http://www.organic-world.net/35.html?&amp;no_cache=1&amp;tx_ttnews[tt_n…;“Organic World net”, 26 april 2010, <a href="http://www.organic-world.net/index.html">www.organic-world.net</a><br><…;