This .zip file contains graphic files (in .png format) of each chart and graph in the Economic Research Service report "Marketing U.S. Organic Foods: Recent Trends From Farms to Consumers" (EIB-58), published in September 2009. The content and context of these files is as of the publication date of the report. After time, 
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(Fig01.png)	Figure 1 - Organic farmland growth rates are more volatile than growth rates of retail sales
(Fig02.png)	Figure 2 - Share of organic sales by marketing channel, 1991, 1998, and 2006
(Fig03.png)	Figure 3 - U.S. retail sales of organic food products increase from 1997 to 2008
(Fig04.png)	Figure 4 - Organic handler sales shift away from wholesalers, 2004-07
(Fig05.png)	Figure 5 - 866 farms make up 60 percent of certified organic farmland, 2007
(Fig06.png)	Figure 6 - Handlers distribute most organic fruits and vegetables to national market, 2004-07
(Fig07.png)	Figure 7 - Most fresh-cut organic produce is sold in conventional food stores
(Fig08.png)	Figure 8 - Retail sales of organic fruits and vegetables increased over fourfold, 1997-2008
(Fig09.png)	Figure 9 - Organic carrots highest price premium comes at wholesale level, 2004-06
(Fig10.png)	Figure 10 - Organic fluid milk production increases, 2006-09
(Fig11.png)	Figure 11 - Handlers regional sales of organic milk increase, 2004-07
(Fig12.png)	Figure 12 - Market share of private label milk at retail stores more than doubles, 2004-06
(Fig13.png)	Figure 13 - Retail sales of organic dairy products steadily increase between 1997 and 2008
(Fig14.png)	Figure 14 - Organic milk retail prices are roughly double conventional prices, 2004-06
(Fig15.png)	Figure 15 - Wholesale organic price premiums for eggs vary widely, 2004-08
(Fig16.png)	Figure 16 - Retail organic egg price premiums are high, 2004-06
(Fig17.png)	Figure 17 - Retail sales of organic meat products rapidly increase after 2003
(Fig18.png)	Figure 18 - Yearly price premiums for grains and feedstuffs, 1997-2006
(Fig19.png)	Figure 19 - Monthly market prices for organic grain and feedstuffs,upper Midwest,2007-08
(Fig20.png)	Figure 20 - Where organic handlers buy oilseeds,grains,legumes and feed changed very little,2004-07