Gary Hirshberg, the co-founder and chairman of dairy company Stonyfield Farm and a highly influential
figure in the organic food movement, shares war stories ranging from the company's pastoral beginnings, to its decade - long struggle for financing, and on to its eventual sale, mining them for wisdom that will resonate with any food and beverage professional.
Not exact matches
Today,
organic foods make up 40 percent of J&J Distributing's business, a
figure the company hopes to double
in the next few years, Hannigan says.
It's estimated that
organics has a six per cent share of the
food market
in Switzerland and most recent
figures show it growing by 4.2 %
in 2011.
Ekoweb has summarized the preliminary sales
figures for the
organic food market for 2017 which shows that
organic food sales increased by 9.3 percent
in 2017.
You'd have to get a bit of this on Amazon, a bit of that at your local health
food store, some of another on a random oils website,
figure out a way to package it all
in your home, and then keep your fingers crossed that the final product is actually not just
organic, but non-GMO, sustainably sourced, all - natural, toxin - free and, if you possess super sensitive skin like my wife Jessa, hypo - allergenic, meaning free of traces of things like gluten and soy.
We serve all
organic, so the challenges lie
in figuring out a way to make the best
food available and have it not be totally crazy as far as costs go, but not cutting any corners so we can serve the kind of
food we would serve to our family.