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1、本科毕业设计（论文）外文翻译原文：Farmersincreasinglyturntocooperativebusinessmodelheorganicfoodmarkethasexpandedandmaturedintoa$10billionindustry,withsalesgrowingabout15to20percenteachyear.Manyoftheearlyco-opsthatspranguptoservethemarkethavealsomatured,whilenewco-opscontinuetobeformedtomeetthegrow
2、ingdemandfororganicfoods.”—Excerptfrom“OrganicCo-opsTakingRoot,”RuralCooperatives,May—June2005.Since2005,theU.S.organicproductsindustryhascontinuedtoexperienceremarkablegrowth,andorganicfarmershavecontinuedtoincreasetheiruseofmarketingcooperatives.In2009,U.S.organicfoodandbeverages
3、alesgrew5.1percent,to$24.8billion,accordingtotheOrganicTradeAssociation’s(OTA)2010OrganicIndustrySurvey.OTAestimatesthetotalU.S.organicsproductmarket—includingfoodandbeveragesandnon-foodproducts,suchassupplements,personalcareproductsandclothing—grew5.3percent,to$26.6billion.In2008,
4、OTAfoundthatorganicfoodsaleshadgrown15.8percentfromthepreviousyear.In1991,theUSDAAgriculturalCooperativeService(nowtheCooperativeProgramsofficeofUSDARuralDevelopment)conductedasurveyofU.S.organicproducermarketingcooperatives(OPMCs)andfoundthat:therewere10operatingin1987,withgrosssa
5、lesof$3.3million;15oftheseco-opswereoperatingin1991,withgrosssalesof$6.38millionand384producer-members.In1989therewereanestimated5,328U.S.organicgrowers,ofwhich2,264werecertified.NoOPMCdatawascollectedafter1991.WhenUSDACooperativeProgramsputtogetheraninformalOPMCdirectoryin2010,itf
6、oundthatthereareabout45OPMCsoperating.Whiletherehasbeennoactualsurvey,afewnumbersindicatethemagnitudeofgrowth.ThelargestOPMC—OrganicValley—hadsalesof$520millionin2009andamembershipof1,652farmersin33statesandthreeCanadianprovinces.In2008,therewere12,941certifiedorganicproducersinthe
7、UnitedStates,accordingtotheUSDAEconomicResearchService.Therearecertifiedorganicfarmersinall50states.Althoughsomeskepticspredictedthatorganicfoodwasapassingfancy,fourOPMCshavenoweachbeenoperatingforlongerthan20years:•OrganicValleyofLaFarge,Wis.,wasoriginallyorganizedastheCouleeRegio
8、nOrganicProducePoolin1988.
