农场种植不断转向商业合作模式【外文翻译】.docVIP

本科毕业设计（论文） 外 文 翻 译 原文： Farmers increasingly turn to cooperative business model he organic food market has expanded and matured into a $10 billion industry, with sales growing about 15 to 20 percent each year. Many of the early co-ops that sprang up to serve the market have also matured, while new co-ops continue to be formed to meetthe growing demand for organic foods.”— Excerpt from “Organic Co-ops Taking Root,” Rural Cooperatives, May—June 2005. Since 2005, the U.S. organic products industry has continued to experience remarkable growth, and organic farmers have continued to increase their use of marketing cooperatives. In 2009, U.S. organic food and beverage sales grew 5.1 percent, to $24.8 billion, according to the Organic Trade Association’s (OTA)2010 Organic Industry Survey. OTA estimates the total U.S.organics product market — including food and beverages and non-food products, such as supplements, personal care products and clothing — grew 5.3 percent, to $26.6 billion. In 2008, OTA found that organic food sales had grown 15.8 percent from the previous year. In 1991, the USDA Agricultural Cooperative Service (now the Cooperative Programs office of USDA Rural Development) conducted a survey of U.S. organic producer marketing cooperatives (OPMCs) and found that:there were 10 operating in 1987, with gross sales of $3.3 million; 15 of these co-ops were operating in 1991, with gross sales of $6.38 million and 384 producer-members. In 1989 there were an estimated 5,328 U.S. organic growers, of which 2,264 were certified. No OPMC data was collected after 1991. When USDA Cooperative Programsput to gether an informal OPMC directory in 2010, it found that there are about 45 OPMCs operating. While there has been no actual survey, a few numbers indicate the magnitude of growth. The largest OPMC — Organic Valley — had sales of $520 million in 2009 and a membership of 1,652 farmers in 33 states and three Canadian provinces. In 2008, there were 12,941 certified organic