Despite the economic recession that gripped the United States in 2009, the organic market
continued to experience growth. In 2009, total U.S. organic consumer product sales grew 5.3%
to reach $26.6 billion.

Organic sales growth continued to outpace total sales of comparable conventional food and
non-food items by a significant margin. While organic food sales were up 5.1% in 2009, total
food sales were up by only 1.6%. Organic non-food sales experienced 9.1% growth, while total
comparable non-food item sales actually declined by 1%.

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