Conference paper
Trends in Organic Fruit Production in the US
Washington State University
International Symposium on Integrated and Organic Production of Fruits (General Roca, Rio Negro, Argentina, 05/10/1999 - 05/14/1999)
1998
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.7273/000002759
Abstract
Increasing numbers of orchardists in the US are producing pome and stone fruits using organic farming methods. This trend is due to several interacting factors. Consumer demand for organic foods has been rising at over 20% per year for the past five years. Net returns from organic fruit production have been generally higher than for conventional fruit, often as much as 50-100% more. Growers are experimenting with organic production as an adaptive strategy for pending pesticide and environmental regulation. And new production technologies such as pheromone mating disruption have solved key problems that previously faced organic producers.
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- Title
- Trends in Organic Fruit Production in the US
- Creators
- David Granatstein - Washington State University, WSU Extension ANR
- Conference
- International Symposium on Integrated and Organic Production of Fruits (General Roca, Rio Negro, Argentina, 05/10/1999 - 05/14/1999)
- Academic Unit
- WSU Extension ANR
- Publisher
- Washington State University
- Identifiers
- 99900633333101842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Conference paper