Growing taste for organic

One word that shoppers will spot more frequently on the labels of food products in their local supermarket is ‘‘organic’’. Irish shoppers spent an estimated €66 million a year on organic food products last year, according to recent figures from Bord Bia.

The market has grown substantially in recent years; the Irish organic food market was worth €40 million a year in 2002. Bord Bia’s organic market channel study predicted that this figure ...