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Marketing Organic Foods to the General Public Organic foods have been increasing in popularity in Canada. A.C. Nielsen's Fresh Track surveys found that sales of organic fruits and vegetables increased by 8 percent in 2018 and reached annual sales volume of 33 million; industry experts expect sales figures to experience double-digit growth for the next few years. Though these numbers are encouraging, there are reasons for organic farmers to worry. A.C. Nielsen figures indicate that only 28 percent of the Canadian population have ever bought organic produce. Even more worrisome to some researchers is the finding that in the U.S. that while sales of organic foods are likely to grow in the near future, this growth would come from increased sales to current purchasers rather than an increase in the total number of organic food buyers. Only 3 percent of non-organic food buyers in the U.S. said they would buy organic food in the next six months. Clearly, if there is to be contained growth in the organic foods industry, it has to persuade current non-purchasers to start buying organic foods. Who is the typical organic food purchaser? Let us look at some research done in British Columbia, which is one of the leaders in organic food sales in the country. A 2018 study showed that slightly more than 50 percent of BC residents had bought some organic food in the past 12 months. The Certified Organic Associations of British Columbia has done considerable research to identify current buyers of organic produce. Here are some of their findings:

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5. Nowadays people are moving towards healthy habits and also they are moving towards consuming healthy products. But it is often seen that the young generation is more inclined towards organic food as they know that these foods are healthy. But a lot of people do not buy organic food due to the high price of the products. The consumer's perception could be changed by encouraging and motivating people to buy organic food items by helping them to understand the importance of organic foods. They must also be made educated towards the harmful effects of pesticides and other harmful chemicals that are sprayed on inorganic farms to increase productivity. The organic food items are environment friendly and thus, the people must be made aware of this fact. Consumers must be made aware of the nutritional value of organic food items. in this way, the consumer's perception could be changed.

6. The cost of organic farming and products is high due to various reasons. Organic food is less readily available than conventional farm products. It includes a lot of cost in plantation and a very little amount of food is cultivated in comparison to the cost incurred. the cost of storage is also very high. But, these food items have high nutritional value. It is free from any kind f harmful chemicals. They also help in maintaining the fertility of the soil and avoid the contamination of water. So, it provides various health benefits against the non-conventional food items and hence it provides various nutritional facts and it delivers the cost which is paid extra for the food items.

7. The organic food farms must be encouraged to increase the production so that the more people can buy organic food items. More production will increase the availability of food items. also, the user markets must arrange the products in front so that the people can notice the products and they can purchase the products. The food items must also be made available in the local grocery stores so that people can buy it from there also. The nutritional facts must be clearly mentioned on the pack so that people can understand it and more people can buy the product. The organic food items must also be sold through online portals as people are preferring ordering product online which can reach at their doostep this will make the food items available to more and more peole.