Organic eggs lead Switzerland's grocery

Every sixth farm in the country is organic. In Switzerland, organic food sales grew by 19% in the past 2020. Organic market share increased to 10.8 percent “The trend towards increased consumption of organic products has grown steadily over the years. The coronavirus pandemic has given further impetus to this development, and has also shown that if people have a choice, they buy and consume much more organic products, ”explained Bio-Suisse President Urs Brandley at the annual media conference, writes www.lid.ch ... Bio Suisse is the main organic farming organization in Switzerland. This umbrella organization has 32 organic farmer associations among its members, as well as the FiBL Organic Agriculture Research Institute. Last year, the Swiss purchased organic food worth more than 3.8 billion francs; in 2019 - by only 3.2 billion. The organic market share is now 10.8 percent, up 0.4 percentage points from the previous year. The largest market shares are held by organic eggs (28.9%), ...