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Cost Components of Foods – Farmer’s Share

The figure below is prepared by the National Farmers Union using 2010 data from USDA & NAAS.

On average NFU found that the farmer received 20% of the price paid by the consumer and are of course promoting the needs of farmers and not really considering the other parts of the chain.

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French Retail Food – Observations 4

My contacts with the British and Dutch markets lead me to believe that Organic and FAIRTRADE were important market movements in Europe.

What I have found is that this is clearly not the case in France. Recent news items from Britain seem to indicate that consumers who used organic products almost exclusively (Sky News 01/06/2008) [...]