Table 42. Organic Agriculture: 2012 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Connecticut 
Fairfield 
Hartford 
Litchfield 
TYPE OF PRODUCTION 
USDA National Organic Program certified 
organic production 
USDA National Organic Program organic 
farms 
55 
6 
7 
10 
production exempt from certification 
Acres transitioning into USDA National Organic Program 
farms 
58 
8 
3 
10 
organic production 
farms 
21 
2 
3 
6 
VALUE OF SALES OF CERTIFIED OR EXEMPT 
ORGANICALLY PRODUCED COMMODITIES 
Total organic product sales (see text) 
farms 
104 
14 
8 
18 
$1,000 
1 
,984 
247 
(D) 
656 
By value of sales: 
$1 to $4,999 
farms 
77 
8 
5 
12 
$1,000 
179 
30 
12 
21 
$5,000 or more 
farms 
27 
6 
3 
6 
$1,000 
1 
,806 
217 
(D) 
635 
Item 
Middlesex 
New Haven 
New London 
Tolland 
Windham 
TYPE OF PRODUCTION 
USDA National Organic Program certified 
organic production 
USDA National Organic Program organic 
farms 
2 
4 
8 
8 
10 
production exempt from certification 
Acres transitioning into USDA National Organic Program 
farms 
12 
7 
9 
4 
5 
organic production 
farms 
3 
1 
2 
4 
" 
VALUE OF SALES OF CERTIFIED OR EXEMPT 
ORGANICALLY PRODUCED COMMODITIES 
Total organic product sales (see text) 
farms 
13 
9 
17 
11 
14 
$1,000 
(D) 
160 
315 
18 
81 
By value of sales: 
$1 to $4,999 
farms 
12 
7 
11 
10 
12 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
30 
(D) 
(D) 
$5,000 or more 
farms 
1 
2 
6 
1 
2 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
286 
(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 
Connecticut 
- 
24 
33 
808 
591 
555 
218 
71 
243 
Counties 
Fairfield 
_ 
1 
_ 
75 
49 
48 
15 
5 
12 
Hartford 
- 
2 
6 
79 
91 
77 
48 
3 
66 
Litchfield 
- 
1 
2 
185 
116 
111 
35 
27 
41 
Middlesex 
- 
- 
3 
62 
39 
31 
13 
5 
14 
New Haven 
- 
2 
4 
82 
86 
64 
34 
3 
37 
New London 
- 
15 
9 
160 
83 
98 
39 
17 
32 
Tolland 
- 
2 
- 
76 
45 
55 
7 
4 
16 
Windham 
- 
1 
9 
89 
82 
71 
27 
7 
25 
296 Connecticut 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
