Archive name: organic-market-data.faq Archive site: sunSITE.unc.edu Last update: 2-21-95 Archive URL information: gopher://sunsite.unc.edu/11/.pub/academic/agriculture/sustainable_agriculture/produce-marketing/ Document maintained by: Lawrence London, london@sunSITE.unc.edu - Organic Products Market Information Sources: ============================================ Date: Sat, 28 Jan 1995 21:35:12 -0700 (MST) From: "G. Michael Horton" Subject: Re: Sources of market price info for organic products. I recently ran across the following information. The Farmer's Information Network Organic Market News was recently awarded a grant from the USDA/Federal State Market Improvement Program to improve their Organic Market Information Delivery System. They currently publish the Organic Market News, a comprehensive wholesale price report of organically grown gresh fruit, herbs and vegetables 21 times a year. Subscriptions are available in hard copy by US Mail for $65.00 per year, fax with the USA for $75. The internet address is: FarmerNet@AOL.com Snail mail is: Farmer's Information Network Organic Market News PO Box 2067 Santa Clara, Ca. 95055-2067 (408) 247-6778 ext 3 Fax (408) 247-5823 Hope this helps. I have also been able to obtain prices--somewhat sporadically--on PenPages. - Date: Sun, 29 Jan 1995 09:55:05 -0800 (PST) From: Sal Schettino To: "Lawrence F. London, Jr." Cc: sanet-mg@ces.ncsu.edu, "Jill Auburn University of Cal." , sustag-public@ces.ncsu.edu Subject: Re: Sources of market price info for organic products. Check with Jill Auburn jsauburn@ucdavis.edu she is working of a organic price list. I have seen it and its improving all the time. Now it has LA commerical prices along with organic produce prices. They have some of the big organic buyers giving both the prices they pay and the prices they charge. A great idea. If Jill is watching she can fill us in on the details. This is a great source of market prices for us organic farmers in Cal. . I think you can get a subscribtion faxed or mailed or even internet access . > Could anyone point me to any source(s) (Internet, BBS, phone, US-mail) > of U.S. and overseas market price information for organically-grown > products (certified, clean-raised, pesticide-free, chemical-free or > transitional)? Sal Schettino,Organic Farmer,don't panic eat organic,sals@rain.org or check out my homepage: http://www.rain.org/~sals/my.html Date: 10 Oct 94 12:00 PDT From: PANNA InfoPubs To: "Recipients of conference panna.panups" Newsgroups: panna.panups Subject: PANUPS: First US Organic Farmer Sur P A N U P S *** Pesticide Action Network North America Updates Service Results Released from First U.S. Survey of Organic Farmers October 10, 1994 In July 1994, the California-based Organic Farming Research Foundation (OFRF) released the final results of the first national survey of certified organic farmers in the United States. The survey identified the research and educational priorities of U.S. organic farmers and collected valuable demographic data on the size and scope of organic farming operations. The eight page survey was mailed to over 2,700 certified organic farmers representing 54 verification agencies, and generated 550 responses from growers in 39 states. "The results of this survey will help clarify a number of questions continually raised about the organic farming industry," said Bob Scowcroft, OFRF's executive director. "We expect to develop a set of research priorities from this survey and present them to key policy makers at the state and federal level," he added. Survey results showed that organic farmersU priorities for research span a wide range of topics including how to increase consumer demand for organic products, the relationship of growing practices to crop quality and nutrition, and the relationship between plant nutrition and resistance to pests. Other high-priority research topics include crop rotation, soil biology, public policy, marketing, habitat management and other approaches to pest control, and cover crops and green manures. Over 60% of the farmers surveyed grow vegetables; at least one-fourth grow herbs, tree fruit, field crops, root crops, flowers or vine fruit. Livestock are most frequently used as a fertilizer source for use on the farm, and somewhat less often as a primary or secondary source of income. The median number of commodities grown by organic farmers is between six and ten, though more than 20% indicated that they grow over 25 commodities. The organic farms surveyed were primarily family farms: 84% of respondents are sole proprietors or family partnerships. Almost one-fourth of the farmers made 76-100% of their 1992 net family income from farming; however, nearly half made 25% or less. The median gross income in 1992 from the farms surveyed was $15,000 to $30,000, though approximately one- fifth of the farms grossed $100,000 or more. Survey respondents have been farming an average of sixteen years and ten years organically. Three-fourths are male, and the average age is 45 years. Nearly two-thirds have completed college, and almost one-fifth hold graduate degrees in subjects ranging from anthropology to zoology. Source: 1993 National Organic FarmersU Survey, Organic Farming Research Foundation, Summer 1994. Contact: Bob Scowcroft, Organic Farming Research Foundation, P.O. Box 440, Santa Cruz, CA 95061; phone (408) 426-6606; fax (408) 426-6670. | PANNA | for standard information | | Phone:(415) 541-9140 | about PANNA send a short | | Fax:(415) 541-9253 | email message to | | email: panna@econet.apc.org | panna-info@econet.apc.org | | gopher: gopher.igc.apc.org | | - Date: Sun, 29 Jan 1995 22:34:46 -0500 (EST) From: Beth Spaugh Subject: Re: Sources of market price info for organic products. To: "Lawrence F. London, Jr." Please forward info to me. I had a request for this info just Thursday. Our state organic group had referred them to me. Beth Spaugh CENET: bspaugh Cornell Cooperative Extension, INTERNET: bspaugh@cce.cornell.edu Clinton County VOICE: 518-561-7450 6064 Route 22 FAX: 518-561-0183 Plattsburgh NY 12901 - Date: Mon, 30 Jan 1995 11:31:06 Subject: Re: Sources of market price info for organic products. From: apforz@pfood.win.net (Carl A Pforzheimer) You might want to call Keith at Northeast Co-ops in Boston, at 617 389 9032 and ask him this. They are organic-only market wholesalers. Andy Pforzheimer - From: "E. Ann Clark, Associate Professor" Organization: Crop Science, The Univ. of Guelph To: "Lawrence F. London, Jr." Date: Sun, 29 Jan 1995 01:32:55 EDT Subject: Re: Sources of market price info for organic products. My only suggestion would be a local organic grain marketing cooperative called ONTARBIO. They market extensively in Europe, and indeed, many of the members are 0-1 generations removed from Europe themselves. My contacts with ONTARBIO are: Mike Pembry 905-838-2800; he is a biodynamic farmer and journalist; he will know the right phone number for ONTARBIO Ted Zettle 519 366-9982; he is an organic dairy farmer and one of the leading lights in the Ecological Farmers Association of Ontario. He and about 15 others just got an organic cheese factory in production - all done legally under the Ontario Milk Marketing Board. He is also active with ONTARBIO and could get you a number, but he may be harder to reach than Pembry. Good luck. Ann ACLARK@crop.uoguelph.ca Dr. E. Ann Clark Associate Professor Crop Science University of Guelph Guelph, ON N1G 2W1 Phone: 519-824-4120 Ext. 2508 FAX: 519 763-8933 - Date: Tue, 31 Jan 1995 18:47:47 -0800 (PST) From: Sal Schettino To: Larry London Subject: Forwarded mail.... Sal Schettino,Organic Farmer,don't panic eat organic,sals@rain.org or check out my homepage: http://www.rain.org/~sals/my.html ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Sun, 29 Jan 1995 22:15:23 -0800 From: jsauburn@ucdavis.edu To: sanet-mg@ces.ncsu.edu From: jsauburn@ucdavis.edu (Jill Auburn) Subject: Organic Price Report Re: Sal Schettino's posting to contact me re: organic price information, a better contact is FarmerNet@aol.com which is producing an Organic Wholesale Price Report that is a continuation/successor to the organic market news (OMNIS) that I used to be associated with. See the FarmerNet posting to sanet-mg of 1/13/95 or send email to FarmerNet@aol.com Jill Auburn jsauburn@ucdavis.edu - Date: Mon, 20 Feb 95 09:47:19 PST Reply-To: glen@grdavis.pdial.interpath.net To: Larry London Subject: RE: organic market data (fwd) Tropicals market trends and prices , as well as an increasing interest in large-scale organic marketing is reflected in the weekly produce industry newspaper "The Packer" which should be available in your campus library/Ag library. There are other sources of organic marketing as well, but I have limited contact with them. One wholesaler up here in the mountains who handles a lot of organic produce is Mountain Food Products, 152 Haywood St. Asheville, NC (704) 255-7630. Glen R. Davis |"Trust not to your laws for Agricultural Researcher | correcting the times, but Gerber Products Co. | give all of your strength P.O. Box 950 | to good education" Skyland, NC 28776 | -Francis Bacon (704) 274-6463 glen@grdavis.pdial.interpath.net - To: Larry London From: ng13@cornell.edu (Nancy Grudens Schuck) Subject: Re: organic market data (fwd) I would try to contact Enrique Figueroa, Cornell Ag Economist, whose masters student Sheila Underwood did an nice NE study on organic label recognition. I am sure it is published by now. His e-mail is eef1@cornell.edu and his phone is (607) 255-4580. - Date: Mon, 20 Feb 1995 20:47:34 -0600 (CST) From: "William B. Patton" To: Larry London Subject: Re: organic market data (fwd) May I suggest that you address your question to the mail-discussion group----direct-mkt@esusda.gov - > ------- start of forwarded message ------- > >From: ewaj@acpub.duke.edu (eliot wajskol) > Newsgroups: alt.sustainable.agriculture > Subject: organic market data > Date: 17 Feb 1995 17:07:50 GMT > Organization: Duke's Fuqua School of Business > Lines: 15 > > I am a Duke University student researching the organic food market > and am unsuccessfully searching for information on: > > - market prices for tropical fruits and vegetables throughout the year > - market trends for organic produce > - trends in demand for organic produce, both fresh and processed > > and anything else that might be out there on the organic food market. > > >"riddle me this, batman. What makes the organic market unique?" > > Thank you. > > --Eliot Wajskol > ewaj@acpub.duke.edu > ------- end of forwarded message ------- - Date: Mon, 20 Feb 1995 15:57:24 -0500 (EST) From: Margie Bender To: eway@acpub.duke.edu Cc: Larry London Subject: organic market trends Organic Food Business News publishes a weekly organic commidity price list. They can be reached at 407-628-1377, phone or 407-628-9935, fax. Good luck! Marjorie Bender Carolina Farm Stewardship Association 115 W. Main Carrboro, NC 27510 919-968-1030 cfsa@sunsite.unc.edu ________________________________________________ Lawrence F. London, Jr. - london@sunSITE.unc.edu ------------------------------------------------