Last month the market research company Du Balle Inc. reported that the organic food sector grew over the past year, but not at the same rate as the previous five years during which the market grew fivefold. An oft-asked question about organic food is  why does tt cost so much more? The simple answer ts that organically grown products cost more to farm than their conventionally produced counterparts. Higher production costs due to methods such as crop rotation, hand- weeding (rather than pesticides) and the use of animal manure (instead of chemical fertilisers) result in higher costs to the consumer. Sceptics clam that organic foods are no healthier than non-organic foods. But proponents of organic farmmg counter that organically produced foods contain fewer contammants  and that these health benefits more than justify the price differential. A spokeswoman from the Organic Farming Association said: Organic farming 1s about sustainability  and this means economic sustainability for struggling farmers, as well as sustainable food production.
Question: Growth mn the organic food market is slowing.
Options:
A. true, B. false, C. uncertain
Answer: A