The UK market for organic food and drink rose by 22% to more than GBP2bn (US$4.03bn) in 2006..

A crustacean parasite, called Cymothoa exigua, enters the mouth of the Spotted Rose Snapper fish and leeches blood from its tongue until the muscle dies. It then attaches itself to the withered tongue-stump, and acts as a working replacement for the organ, spending the rest of its life living off bits of food that enter the fish's mouth.

Rose oil, meaning either rose otto (attar of rose, attar of roses) or rose absolute, is the essential oil extracted from the petals of various types of rose. Rose ottos are extracted through steam distillation, while rose absolutes are obtained through solvent extraction or supercritical carbon dioxide extraction, with the absolute being used more commonly in perfumery. Even with their prohibitive price and the advent of organic synthesis, rose oils are still perhaps the most widely used essential oil in perfumery.