Finnish Organic Meat Sales due to livestock welfare concerns
Organic food is moving from the fringe to the mainstream in Finland. Sales in the sector grew briskly last year — particularly organically-produced meat. Experts say this is partly due to growing public concern about factory-farming methods.
These products, certified by the state, are produced without synthetic fertilizers, pesticides, antibiotics or growth hormones.
The manager of the Ruohonjuuri natural-food shop in central Helsinki says that the main consumers so far are middle-aged women, families with children, and increasingly senior citizens.
Regular customers at the store say they do not mind paying a bit more for organic products because they consider them better-tasting, healthier and more ethical.
Organic foods are gaining more central shelf space in regular grocery shops, too. Major chains have embraced organic after noticing lively growth in the sector. Last year sales to private households rose by 10 percent to more than 62 million euros.
The strongest growth was in meats, up by almost one third. Sales rose especially towards the end of the year.
That is partly attributed to the public outcry over videos released by the animal rights group Oikeutta el
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