Organic Food Take Root In Asia
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“As people’s wealth increases, so does their standard of living, and people with money become more concerned about their mortality and start paying attention to their health,” said 50-year-old Huang, who has eaten organic food all his life.
“People with little money don’t care about such things.”
More recently, eating healthy has become increasingly important due to worries of avian flu, which has killed more than 70 people across Asia since 2003, and Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), which killed about 800 people in 2003.
In South Korea, which has more than double Taiwan’s population, the market is much bigger. The Korea Rural Economic Institute estimated the country’s organic foods market at $578 million this year, up 22 percent from $474 million in 2004.
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