What is Organic Centre Wales (OCW)? OCW is the national resource for consumers, farmers and policy makers committed to more sustainable food and farming in Wales. Set up in 2000, it delivers projects to support the organic sector for the Welsh Government.[link:about::About the Centre

Information for businesses

This section contains information on all aspects of the organic food supply chain, including processing, wholesale and retail sales, and business to business links.

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Market intelligence

Monthly updates on the organic market in Wales

These are published in our monthly e-bulletin Organic Market Wales - subscribe

Dairy
Meat and livestock
Fruit and vegetables
Cereals

For a range of publications and recent reports, follow the links below.

• 2009 Soil Association Market Report: more information
• 2010 Soil Association Market Report: more information
• 2011 Soil Association Market Report: more information


• DVD on public organic food procurement view here

• Producer Survey 2008: click here
• Producer Survey 2009: click here
• Producer Survey 2010: click here

• BOBL Newsletter Autumn 2009 - an introduction to the BOBL project.
• BOBL Newsletter Summer 2011 - an introduction to the BOBL project (revised).
• BOBL Newsletter Spring 2010
• BOBL Newsletter RWAS 2010
• BOBL Newsletter Autumn 2010
• BOBL Newsletter Winter 2010
• BOBL Newsletter Spring 2011 - new layout.
• BOBL Newsletter Autumn 2011

• Market Review of the Organic Dairy Sector in Wales, 2009 - Executive Summary and Recommendations March 2010
• Market Review of the Organic Red Meat Sector in Wales, 2009 - Summary and Recommendations March 2010
• Market Review of the Organic Horticulture Sector in Wales 2010 February 2011

• Report on 'green' tourism schemes Review of eco-tourism schemes January 2010

Consumer Attitudes to Organic Produce from Wales
Beaufort Research were commissioned by BOBL to examine the attitudes of consumers to organic produce from Wales. The first phase was a review of existing evidence which was used to inform a a telephone survey of 1,400 consumers in the UK, half of whome were in Wales. The survey collected information on the spontaneous responses of consumers to questions on organic topics and then presented respondents with a number of statements to test their attitude to relevant issues.

• Review of existing evidence by Beaufort Research to inform Phase 2 of the survey. June 2010

• Report on Phase 2 of the consumer attitude survey. Click here for a copy of the full report and here for the executive summary. October 2010.