Natural organic food has become a staple in local health food stores and in most grocery stores. Almost all food stores now carry a special section of natural and organic one. Consumers are demanding more and more certified organic meals and this has put a strain on the market.

Sales are growing faster than any other segment of the food industry. Annual sales in the United States are topping anywhere from $16.3 billion to $29.7 billion.

Several reasons exist for both this increase in demand and the hinder of growth. If one understands these, a larger understanding exists of how the natural organic food market will help consumers.

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When people think of China they really don’t think about organic foods. In fact, due world news about their pollution in China many people see it as a polluted wasteland. Of course, China is a huge place, and the pollution is only near the factories and down River from these regions. We have all heard about the dolphins in the Yangtze River, and we know that river will be void of life and oxygen within less than a year.

Most of us have also heard that off the coasts of Shanghai and Beijing there are huge dead zones in the ocean. Never in 1 million years we would we consider that the Chinese are very much into organic foods. But did you know that they import an abundance of organic foods from all over the globe, and they still have over 1000 certified organic growers domestically.

So not only are the Organic Farm product imports doing well there, but it is a new huge domestic industry. In fact, there is more organic certified food production in China than in the United States; I bet you didn’t know that? Not only that but it is growing by leaps and bounds, and there are expected to be 2500 certified organic growers domestically in China by 2012.

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Organic food in Singapore is a trend that is picking up and is quickly transforming itself to be one of the predominant lifestyle choices for many Singaporeans. In fact, approximately 58 thousand consumers in the fast paced, and highly urbanized Singapore spent a total of 5 million dollars last year in 2007 for various kinds of organic food and products. Since the Singapore organic food production farms is limited due to a lack of land space, most of the organic foodstuff are imported from overseas.

U.S exporters currently have a huge headstart in the Singapore organic food market because the U.S exporters are considered to be one of the more matured and cutting edge sources of health food and related organic food promotions in the market today. They are also highly regarded because in general, each of the brands carried by these individual exporters covers a wide range of organic products ranging from miso to brown rice and ice cream.

One of the ways U.S exporters can better distribute their products and get widespread adoption of their products would be to pay attention to the preference of the locals. Organic food in Singapore are mostly vegetables, nuts, fruits and rice. However, rice is a staple food in many asian countries and more so in Singapore, since over 96% percent of the population consist of asians. Hence, the consumption of rice is very high and traditionally, exporters who brings organic rice into Singapore has gotten very good results.

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