The United Kingdom branch of Reuters News has a very nice article up right now concerning the economic downturn and how the organic market has been effected in the current financial climate. Growth within the sector has slowed considerably, as is the case almost universally in these difficult economic times, but the industry's sales are still resilient and have yet to decrease. For example, December sales were up 5.6%, which is healthy, though obviously a serious depression from last December's prodigious 25.6% increase.

The article ranges over five pages on Reuters website, and its well worth a look to see how organic foods (and the potential difficulties for the industry) are perceived world-wide: Organic food growth slows amid downturn.