One of the first things I switched in my diet after being diagnosed with cancer was to buy as much organic food product over regular food product. Obviously the health standards of less chemicals and toxins in the body made sense to me and the food was richer in vitamins and nutrients. I also started growing some vegetables and herbs the organic way.

Today it seems to be a growing trend for many more households wanting a healthy alternative because organic food production is increasing in big demand and even stores like Wal-Mart, Safeway, Albertson's, and other main supermarket chains are stocking more organic foods than ever before. Organic food only makes up 2.5 percent of U.S. food sales, but it's the fastest growing segment of the market. Sales reached nearly $14 billion last year, up from $6 billion five years earlier, according to the Organic Trade Association in Greenfield, Mass.

Earthbound Farm is meeting the huge demand and expanding its growing acreage. Despite its size, Earthbound Farm follows the same practices as smaller organic farms which has been a main concern by many organic consumers.  Others welcome the increase in production in a lowering of costs of these products. Earthbound Farm rotates crops to enrich the soil and avoid disease, doesn't use chemical fertilizers or herbicides, and brings in syrphid flies and other beneficial insects to control pests. Earthbound Farm's bagged salads and other organic products are now sold in more than 80 percent of U.S. supermarkets.