16 Jul 2014 --- New consumer research launched by Bord Bia has highlighted a return to growth in the retail value of organic food in Ireland for the first time since 2010. The Bord Bia study, funded by the Department Agriculture, Food and the Marine and carried out by Ipsos MRBI, values annual retail sales of organic food at €99.1 million, up from €97 million last year, with almost 60% of consumers surveyed purchasing organic produce in the last 6 months.