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Organic food production is behind demand

No almonds. Big problem.

The makers of the high-energy, eat-and-run Clif Bar needed 85,000 pounds of almonds, and they had to be organic. But the nation’s organic almond crop was spoken for.

Eventually, Clif Bar found the almonds – in Spain. But more shortages have popped up: apricots and blueberries, cashews and hazelnuts, brown rice syrup and oats.

America’s appetite for organic food is so strong that supply just can’t keep up with demand. Organic means food is grown without bug killer, fertilizer, hormones, antibiotics or biotechnology.

”We’re doing a lot of scrambling,” said Sheryl O’Loughlin, CEO of Clif Bar Inc. ”We have gotten to the point now where we know we can get a call for any ingredient.”

By Libby Quaid
The Associated Press

Full Story: http://www.sltrib.com/business/ci_4028310

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