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Appetite for organic food wilts

Source: Contra Costa Times

Chicago : IL : USA | 12 months ago

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Market research firm NPD Group said the number of people who reported buying organic products fell 4 percent in August, compared with a year earlier. While more than one in five surveyed in the latest figures available from NPD purchased organic products, the August data represented the first customer...

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