Worldwide Organic Food Statistics
Worldwide, there are about 76 million acres under organic management, and the distribution is as follows:
- 30 million acres in Australia/Oceania
- 10 million acres in Asia
- 16 million acres in Europe
- 15 million acres in Latin America
- 3 million acres in North America.
- 2 million acres in Africa
Obviously, there is a tremendous opportunity in organic production in the United States. Because the manure it produces is so extraordinarily rich in nutrients and microbial life—and healthy soil is teeming with microbes—the red worm is essential to America's ability to meet rising domestic demand for organic produce and compete with countries abroad. Both the raising of red worms and the selling of red worm compost has resulted in the development of a vermiculture/vermicompost industry. (Vermiculture is the growing of red worms; vermicompost is a soil amendment comprising composted organic material and worm castings.)