Mexico Spreading Organic Eating at Home Land

Mexico exports 85% of its organic food to the United States, European Union members, and Japan. Less than 5% of these chemical-free foods are actually sold in Mexico. Mexico's cultural history and cultivation past make it ideal for growing organic goods. Past land was owned by the Indians and peasant farmers, neither of which used chemicals because they couldn't afford them. The increase in growing organic produce began in Mexico in 1980, when the world demand for organic products increased and the Europeans realized the great quality of Mexican organic coffee. Now, local organic stores are looking to broaden their horizons and open stores in middle-class areas so organic foods can be available to a wider range of classes in Mexico.