Table 42. Organic Agriculture: 2012 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Alaska 
Aleutian Islands 
Anchorage 
Fairbanks 
Juneau 
Kenai Peninsula 
TYPE OF PRODUCTION 
USDA National Organic Program certified 
organic production 
USDA National Organic Program organic 
farms 
6 
" 
1 
3 
1 
1 
production exempt from certification 
Acres transitioning into USDA National Organic Program 
farms 
17 
“ 
8 
2 
3 
4 
organic production 
VALUE OF SALES OF CERTIFIED OR EXEMPT 
ORGANICALLY PRODUCED COMMODITIES 
farms 
3 
2 
1 
Total organic product sales (see text) 
farms 
20 
- 
7 
5 
4 
4 
$1,000 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
16 
17 
By value of sales: 
$1 to $4,999 
farms 
14 
_ 
6 
2 
3 
3 
$1,000 
(D) 
- 
17 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
$5,000 or more 
farms 
6 
- 
1 
3 
1 
1 
$1,000 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Table 43. Selected Practices: 2012 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Geographic area 
Received 
irrigation 
water from 
the U.S. 
Bureau of 
Reclamation 
(farms) 
Practiced 
alley 
cropping 
or 
silvopasture 
(farms) 
Harvested 
biomass 
for use 
in 
renewable 
energy 
(farms) 
Practiced 
rotational 
or 
management- 
intensive 
grazing 
(farms) 
Marketed 
products 
directly 
to 
retail 
outlets 
(farms) 
Produced 
and 
sold 
value-added 
commodities 
(farms) 
Marketed 
products 
through 
community 
supported 
agriculture 
(CSA) 
(farms) 
Raised 
or 
sold 
veal 
calves 
(farms) 
On-farm 
packing 
facility 
(farms) 
State Total 
Alaska 
- 
4 
14 
81 
118 
75 
42 
2 
48 
Areas 
Aleutian Islands 
_ 
_ 
_ 
5 
7 
4 
2 
_ 
1 
Anchorage 
- 
- 
5 
35 
43 
28 
17 
1 
19 
Fairbanks 
- 
2 
7 
22 
29 
23 
16 
- 
13 
Juneau 
- 
- 
1 
1 
11 
4 
3 
- 
8 
Kenai Peninsula 
- 
2 
1 
18 
28 
16 
4 
1 
7 
Table 44. Farms by North American Industry Classification System: 2012 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Alaska 
Aleutian Islands 
Anchorage 
Fairbanks 
Juneau 
Kenai Peninsula 
Total farms 
762 
40 
291 
217 
52 
162 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
7 
- 
- 
7 
- 
- 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
108 
4 
48 
29 
9 
18 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
15 
- 
9 
2 
1 
3 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1 1 14) 
147 
12 
50 
35 
11 
39 
Other crop farming (1119) 
207 
1 
76 
88 
- 
42 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton farming (11192) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all other 
crop farming (11193,11194,11199) 
207 
1 
76 
88 
- 
42 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
51 
6 
16 
11 
- 
18 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
1 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
6 
- 
2 
2 
- 
2 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
9 
- 
4 
3 
- 
2 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
26 
2 
12 
3 
4 
5 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
27 
2 
17 
7 
- 
1 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125,1129) 
158 
13 
57 
29 
27 
32 
252 Alaska 
2012 Census of Agriculture - Area Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
