Organic Farming and Market Development in Europe and the European Union

In 2019, the development of the organic sector in the European Union was characterised by continued growth in all key indicators. In 2019, the organic market grew more than the organic area, thus continuing the trend of the past several years. Only in 2018 did the organic farmland grow at a faster rate than the market. While it is good to see strong market growth, the organic farmland area needs to continue to grow, as growth will be needed to reach the 25 percent organic area share goal set out by the European Commission (2020) in its Farm to Fork strategy