Production of organic apples has increased dramatically in the United States over the last decade, according to the U.S. Apple Association. While total apple acreage has declined almost 20 percent since the late 1990s, organic acreage has increased by more than 44 percent to a total of 12,515 acres, U.S. Department of Agriculture statistics show. In 2005, just over 3 percent of the total U.S. apple acreage was organic, but in Arizona, almost all of the state’s 1,040 acres of apples were certified organic. In Colorado and California, 13 percent of the acreage was organic. While only about 4 percent […]