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Statistic: Commodity Outlook
April 01, 2005

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Markets and Trade

New organic product introductions are led by beverages, prepared foods, and snacks
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Fruits and vegetables remain the largest category of sales, accounting for 42 percent of organic food sales in 2003
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Diet and Health

Over half of tree nuts are eaten as snacks
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Adults favor eating tree nuts as nuts; children like desserts and baked goods with nuts
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Farms, Firms, and Households

Commercial farm households have higher wealth compared with all other households
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Rural America

In the 1990s jobs increased faster in rural counties with retirement inmigration, recreation, and housing stress
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