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Author: Joshua Levin (33 Articles)

Joshua Levin is a consultant to non-profits and their corporate partners in sustainable agriculture business development and sustainable food markets. Joshua holds an MBA from the NYU Stern School of Business, where he was a Catherine B. Reynolds Fellow in Social Entrepreneurship, and a BA from Harvard University. He lives with his wife in Brooklyn, NY.

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I have compiled what I think are the best visualizations I’ve seen on the organic industry and its trends.  This was prompted by reader comments from a Justin Manor, who was interested in learning the origins of the fire hose of packaged soy and gluten products from which he feeds.

The big man in this space is Phil Howard, an Assistant Professor at MSU, and an organic industry consolidation visualization guru.  Note that I think you should not necessarily feel threatened or paranoid by consolidation in the organic industry.  But the trends are fascinating and informative.

1. NYTimes - Map of Organic Farms in the U.S.

2. Good Magazine, Apr '08 - Ownership of Organic Brands

3. Phil Howard - Consolidation of Organic Retailers

4. NYTimes - Food and Beverage Prices

5. Phil Howard – Animated Visualization of Organic Brand Consolidation