European Organic Food Markets and Consumer Preferences
摘要
The markets for organic food are constantly growing in Europe. This is on the one hand due to political goals of increasing organic farming area due to overall sustainability goals and, on the other hand to marked consumer interest in organic food. Main reasons for consumers to buy organic are environmental and health reasons, most important barriers are high prices for organic food, low consumer knowledge and trust. Increasing organic markets needs sound and well targeted communication with consumers.