Feeding Britain’s healthy appetite
13 September 2012
The UK is the second-biggest market for organic food in Europe. But its rapid growth has tested the ingenuity of producers and suppliers, as Helen Riley explains
Fifteen years ago, people who wanted to eat organic food faced an uphill struggle to complete the weekly shop. Supermarkets were out of bounds as they didn’t stock organic food, local wholefood stores struggled to ensure a reliable supply of fresh produce and the range of processed food available was small. Farmers’ markets and vegetable box delivery schemes were few...