What are the major states and cities in US manufacturing natural products including organic food,supplements?

Question

I want to know about the major states and cities where natural products are being manufactured in the US. Also the major import partners, where the US imports its natural products from. Natural products would include organic food and organic products, natural supplements, natural health foods etc It would be great if i could get detials about the various products and volumes that each manufacturing state or city is making.

Answer 1

That is a huge piece of research. All of the 50 US states have products that are produced not only domestically used but also exported. And the list of imports and their associated countries is equally huge. Volumes tend to be lower for the natural or organic labeled products when compared to the huge holdings of those whose products do not follow the "organic" guidelines. But even that is changing on a year to year basis. Typing in "organic import export graph" in 'search' gave almost 150,000 sites alone with statistics. If this is a research project, you have your work cut out for you. Good luck and any other questions that are more narrowed down in scope will be cheerfully addressed.

Answer 2

I think that this article will answer many of your questions and point you in the right direction to finding other answers you are looking for.

The Organic-Industrial Complex

What do the words 'organic food' mean, now that the movement has become a $7.7-billion business dominated by large corporations?

http://www.commondreams.org/views01/0603...