A look at the top 3 biggest Organic food companies in the industry and top producing states.

1. Organic Food Industry:
An overview of the organic food industry in the United States. With a
look at the industry, marketing and investor outlooks.

2. Page Title: Page Number:
Organic Food Industry 3
U.S. Profile 11
Regulations & Certification 21
Organic Labels 34
Organic Programs & Services 52
Farming & Agriculture 56
Consumers 88
Industry Controversy 109
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Companies, Pros and Cons
of the Industry
123
State Profiles 133
Organic vs. GMO’s, Non-
GMO’s & Natural Foods
153
Market Overview 162
Future of the Industry 183
Investor Outlook 188
Work Cited 200

3. Food Industry: Companies and
Pros and Cons of the Industry
A look at the top 3 biggest companies in the industry and the pros and cons

4. Food Industry:
Companies-
WhiteWave
Foods
Company
Hain
Celestial
Group
General
Mills
All pictures from Google.com

5. Food Industry:
Companies- WhiteWave Foods
Owns Two Giants in the Organic Goods Space:
 Horizon Organic:
 Holds 4.2% of the organic market share
 Earthbound Farms: Acquired early 2014
 Earthbound has about 1.2% of the organic market share.
All pictures from Google.com

6. Food Industry:
Companies- Hain Celestial Group
 Has a combined market share of 4.7% split between four companies
Companies Within The Hain Celestial Group:
 Earth's Best:
 Earth's Best has 2.6% of the market share
 Health Valley:
 Health Valley owns 1.2% of the market share
 Arrowhead Mills:
 Maintains 0.6% of the market share
 Garden of Eatin‘:
 Owns 0.3% of the organic market share
All pictures from Google.com

7. Food Industry:
Companies- General Mills
 Owns companies with a decent amount of the organic market share:
 Cascadian Farms:
 Cascadian Farm maintains 1% of the organic market share
 Muir Glen:
 Muir Glen holds 0.7% of the organic market share
All pictures from Google.com

8. Food Industry:
Companies- Organic Manufacturing
Yogurts-
 Horizon Organic
 Imagine Foods
 Maple Hill Creamery
Beverages-
 BAO Food & Drink
 Cadia
 Field Day
Flours and Grains-
 Natural Sourcing
 Andean Naturals Inc.
 Attune Foods
Coffee-
 BSYD Corporation
 S&D Coffee
 Celestial Seasonings
Packaged Produce-
 Caito Foods
 Cookin’ Greens
 Driscoll’s
Milk-
 Happy Baby, Happy Family
 Organic Valley
 Wild Oats Marketing LLC
There are all sorts of organic
products- from linens to
medicinal
Compiled by author theorganicpages.com

9. Food Industry:
Pros-
Maintains the life of the soil, not only for the current generation, but also for the future generations
Water pollution is reduced because the soil in organic farms is more absorptive and can hold more
water than industrial farmed soils with high salinity levels.
The rate of soil erosion is reduced drastically because legume-based crop covers and a blanket of
dead and live plant materials protect the soil from being eroded extensively by water and wind.
Overall cost of cultivating the crops reduces as the farmers use green manure or worm farming to
replenish the lost nutrients of the soil.
The nutritional quality and micro-nutrients are present in higher quantities in organically produced crops
because fertilizers and artificial ingredients are not added into the crops
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10. Food Industry:
Pros-
There is a reduced price tag in how much it takes to farm, as there is no need to purchase artificial pesticides, fertilizers,
herbicides, or large-scale technological tools that help maintain industrial large-scale lands
The need for more manual labor increases the number of jobs available in a certain area
The life of organically grown plants is longer than the plants cultivated by traditional methods
Organically grown crop is more drought tolerant because they have the natural mechanism to protect themselves against
harsh conditions
Crops used in mass industrial farming are altered and put in such an artificial environment that they no longer can protect
themselves using their natural mechanisms, as their genetic identities have been altered drastically by several different
components
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11. Food Industry:
Cons-
Productivity: • Low productivity when first administered
Labor: • Lots of manual labor needed
Cultivation:
• Organic farmers use the cultivation method as opposed to drilling method
used by the traditional farmers
Soil: • The cultivated soil is prone to wind and water erosion
Pricing:
• Organically produced food is expensive. The cost is very often 50%-100%
more than the traditional food
• This is because organic crops are not as heavily subsidized as are industrially
grown crops
Seasonality:
• Organic farmers grow crops in accordance to the season therefore organic
food is not always available locally.
Compiled by author from .mit.edu

12. State Profiles:
The top 5 states that produce organic food

13. State Profile:
Top 5 States for Organic Farming-
California
Wisconsin
Washington
New York
Oregon
Compiled by author from cias.wisc.edu

14. State Profile:
Number of Organic Farms- U.S. Top 5
2,714
1,222
887
827
657
0 500 1,000 1,500 2,000 2,500 3,000
California
Wisconsin
Washington
New York
Oregon
Top 5 States 2011
Farms
Compiled by author from cias.wisc.edu

15. State Profile:
Organic Sales- Top 5 States
1,148
282
156 133
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1,200
1,400
California Washington Oregon Wisconsin New York
Top 5 States Organic Sales
Sales (In Millions of Dollars)
Compiled by author from cias.wisc.edu

16. State Profile:
California- 2,714 Organic Farms
California leads the nation with the highest number of organic farms
Produce
67%
Field Crops
8%
Live Stock
25%
Organic Sales
Produce Field Crops Live Stock
Complied by author from CDFA.CA.Gov

17. State Profile:
Wisconsin- Organic Agriculture
64%
23%
7%
6%
Organic Sales by Product:
Cows Milk Crops Greenhouse Nursery Livestock Other Livestock and Poultry Products
Compiled by author cias.wise.edu

18. State Profile:
Washington- 887 Organic Farms
 Southwest Washington has 87 certified farms
 These farms total 9,706 of organic acres out of the total 84,868 organic acreages for
the state
 Organic farms in Southwest Washington generated $13.2 million in sales in 2011

19. State Profile:
New York- 937 Organic Farms
New York state ranks 3rd in the country for the number of organic farms
 Milk is the major driver of the organic farms sales and accounts for 56% of
total sales
 Field Crop Sales $22.1 million
 Vegetables $14.5 million
 Fruits & Berries $1.36 million

20. State Profile:
New York- Farms
 New York contains 13% of the nation’s certified organic dairy farms in 2011
 Produces 8% of the country’s organic milk
The top 10 organic vegetables and fruit by value sold were:
Tomatoes Cabbage
Squash Potatoes
Lettuce Grapes
Onions Garlic
Strawberries Apples
Compiled by author from agriculture.ny.gov

21. State Profile:
Oregon- 657 Organic Farms
77% of Oregon’s acreage is organic farms
 There are 11,923 acres of certified organic land
 There are 115,502 acres of organic acreage
 Certified land expanded by 32,205 acres in 2008

22. State Profile:
Oregon- Oldest Organic Market
 Oregon Tilth Organic Certification Program began in 1984
 Oregon passed the first organic labeling law in 1973 prohibiting use of:
 Herbicides
 Insecticides
 Fungicides
 Rodenticides
 Growth regulators

23. State Profile:
Top 10 States Selling Organic-
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