Organic Production and Marketing Newsletter

March 2004

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Avocado Sales Grow
The Packer (Sept. 22, 2003)

As conventional avocados are just reaching a mainstream popularity spike, organic avocados are being successfully marketed as well. Companies such as Eco-Farm Corp. and Pacific Organic Produce, both based in California, have seen dramatic increases in organic avocado sales over the last few years. Eco-farm Corp has been growing and marketing organic avocados since the 1970s and will be bringing 500 acres of new planting into production soon. Pacific Organic in San Francisco sold 57,000 boxes of organic avocados in 2002 and planned to import 90-100,000 boxes of organic avocados from Chile in 2003.

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