This .zip file contains graphic files (in .png format) of each chart and graph in the Economic Research Service report 
"The Role of Contracts in the Organic Supply Chain: 2004 and 2007" (EIB-69), published in October 2010. The content and context 
of these files is as of the publication date of the report. After time, the material may not reflect the current ERS program 
of work, may be outdated, and/or superseded, so please visit the website to obtain the latest information: www.ers.usda.gov.

Any reuse of these images should include attribution to "Economic Research Service/USDA."

The following inventory lists each of the files in this folder.



File name		Description

(fig.1.png)		Figure 1-Growth of retail sales and certified organic cropland, 1997-2007
(fig.2.pgn)		Figure 2-The organic food supply chain
(fig.3.png)		Figure 3-Risks and transaction costs associated with buying and selling agricultural products
(fig.4.pgn)		Figure 4-Percent of handlers using contracts and average percent of volume procured by contract, by firm size, 2007
(fig.5.png)		Figure 5-Reasons handlers use contracts, 2004 and 2007
(summary.pgn)		Top reasons handlers use contracts
