Organic sources
Showcased by Virginia officials at the All Things Organic trade show:
Agnes' Very Very Bake'mmm Bagels.
Piney River Organics, which runs an organic, free-range egg-laying operation.
Prime Choice Foods, which makes tortilla chips, taco shells and other products.
Quail Cove Farms, which raises sweet potatoes, other vegetables and peanuts.
Southern Exposure Seed Exchange, which offers vegetable and flower seeds.
Heather Stouffer's organically produced baby food has been a hit -- available for only two years and already featured on "The Oprah Winfrey Show" and sold at Whole Foods Markets.
Stouffer, based in Alexandria in Northern Virginia, is expanding the Mom Made LLC line, adding Mom Made Meals and Mom Made Munchies to the company's original product of organic baby food, Mom Made Scoops.
"This allows the consumer to grow with the brand," said Stouffer, who was planning to unveil the products at the All Things Organic trade show in Chicago this week.
"They are geared toward 2to 8-year-old children. We have designed them to be familiar meals, in terms of child-friendly meals," she said. She started the company as a new mom wanting to feed her son healthful, tasty foods.
Mom Made products were among those to be featured by the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services at the organic foods trade show.
The Organic Trade Association says U.S. sales of organic food and beverages have grown from $1 billion in 1990 to a projected $23.6 billion this year. Foods labeled organic must meet certain standards, such as being grown without pesticides or coming from animals not given growth hormones or antibiotics.
Virginia businesses produce dozens of certified organic products, including beef, lamb and pork, fruits and vegetables, flowers, eggs and even tobacco. To see a list of organic products made by Virginia businesses, go to: www.vdacs.virginia.gov/organic.


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