GLOBAL: Organic marketing must adapt - researchers
By: just-food.com | 2 June 2009
More "sophisticated" consumers are putting pressure on organic food producers to convince them to buy their wares in the recession, industry watchers claimed today (2 June).
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More "sophisticated" consumers are putting pressure on organic food producers to convince them to buy their wares in the recession, industry watchers claimed today (2 June).
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