Are supermarkets killing the organic farmers?

Organic is getting big as we all know, and supermarkets are not ready to let this massive opportunity go. They want to offer more and more organic products, which is good, but at a lower and lower price, which is a problem.

Indeed, organic farmers see the demand increasing and the price decreasing. Facing this controversial situation, some farmers are considering how best to develop local markets, rather than relying on the big supermarkets. That can be a good option to sell products at a fair price and to be rewarded fairly for the job done.

In many countries and in France for example, you can find a system of baskets that you order to the local farmers every week. This is a way to get to know who grows your food and to support the local farmers. One drawback to this system is often that you don’t know what you’re gonna get in the basket. But some organisations have found solutions to this problem, by making it possible to order what you want on the Internet (e.g. vegetables, fruits, eggs, meat, etc) and in which quantity, and then to go get it 2 days after at the closest farm (e.g. www.labineepaysanne.com).

Source: http://www.cbc.ca/canada/prince-edward-island/story/2008/03/20/organic-prices.html, http://www.ouest-france.fr/Ils-vendent-leurs-produits-bio-par-Internet-/re/actuDet/actu_8619-599281——_actu.html