Growth of Organic Industry

My research paper involves the topic of organic food. The growth of organic food being sold keeps increasing as time goes by. What has helped the industry grow is that there has been controversy about conventional foods and how organic is always better; however, as contradicting it may seem, organic may not always be the best option. I decided to pose the question if the growth of organic foods market is just for companies to make business or are they really looking out for their customers and providing supposed better options to conventional foods.

In my paper, I plan to discuss what organic means and how labeling can cause people to misinterpret the meaning. The reason I want to address this in my research paper is because so many people purchase expensive organic products believing that it is better because it sounds better, but they might not even know what organic really means. My paper will also include information about how organic farming effects the environment and the land. The treatment of animals when it comes to organic farming is also something I am planning to include. One of the main reasons people choose organic is because it means better treatment of animals, but I have found information that that might not always be the case.

So far I’ve been finding good amounts of information on the things I want to talk about. One of the sub topics I could use more research on is the growth of the industry. I am having trouble find how much sales have grown and how many companies have begun to sell organic. Any suggestions on where I could find it? Do you think I need a source to back it up even though it might be evident more companies are going organic?