Table 42. Organic Agriculture: 2012 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
California 
Alameda 
Alpine 
Amador 
Butte 
Calaveras 
Colusa 
TYPE OF PRODUCTION 
USDA National Organic Program certified 
organic production 
....farms 
2,831 
5 
- 
6 
62 
4 
27 
USDA National Organic Program organic 
production exempt from certification 
....farms 
590 
1 
_ 
2 
16 
15 
_ 
Acres transitioning into USDA National Organic Program 
organic production 
....farms 
465 
6 
- 
4 
8 
2 
1 
VALUE OF SALES OF CERTIFIED OR EXEMPT 
ORGANICALLY PRODUCED COMMODITIES 
Total organic product sales (see text) 
....farms 
3,008 
5 
6 
66 
14 
27 
$1,000 
1,355,207 
1,006 
2,443 
9,508 
(D) 
8,544 
By value of sales: 
$1 to $4,999 
....farms 
817 
_ 
_ 
_ 
17 
12 
_ 
$1,000 
1,680 
- 
- 
- 
30 
9 
- 
$5,000 or more 
....farms 
2,191 
5 
- 
6 
49 
2 
27 
$1,000 
1,353,527 
1,006 
- 
2,443 
9,478 
(D) 
8,544 
Item 
Contra Costa 
Del Norte 
El Dorado 
Fresno 
Glenn 
Humboldt 
Imperial 
TYPE OF PRODUCTION 
USDA National Organic Program certified 
organic production 
....farms 
11 
10 
16 
154 
29 
125 
27 
USDA National Organic Program organic 
production exempt from certification 
....farms 
3 
5 
28 
23 
_ 
45 
_ 
Acres transitioning into USDA National Organic Program 
organic production 
....farms 
2 
- 
2 
28 
4 
10 
7 
VALUE OF SALES OF CERTIFIED OR EXEMPT 
ORGANICALLY PRODUCED COMMODITIES 
Total organic product sales (see text) 
....farms 
14 
11 
35 
162 
27 
150 
27 
$1,000 
2,782 
(D) 
687 
68,783 
10,170 
59,034 
106,171 
By value of sales: 
$1 to $4,999 
....farms 
8 
4 
24 
33 
_ 
48 
_ 
$1,000 
27 
2 
37 
75 
- 
78 
- 
$5,000 or more 
....farms 
6 
7 
11 
129 
27 
102 
27 
$1,000 
2,756 
(D) 
650 
68,709 
10,170 
58,957 
106,171 
item 
Inyo 
Kern 
Kings 
Lake 
Lassen 
Los Angeles 
Madera 
TYPE OF PRODUCTION 
USDA National Organic Program certified 
organic production 
....farms 
1 
41 
22 
93 
4 
21 
60 
USDA National Organic Program organic 
production exempt from certification 
....farms 
1 
2 
_ 
18 
1 
5 
_ 
Acres transitioning into USDA National Organic Program 
organic production 
....farms 
- 
6 
3 
9 
4 
7 
3 
VALUE OF SALES OF CERTIFIED OR EXEMPT 
ORGANICALLY PRODUCED COMMODITIES 
Total organic product sales (see text) 
....farms 
2 
41 
19 
97 
4 
23 
57 
$1,000 
(D) 
34,659 
10,076 
5,904 
904 
242 
14,630 
By value of sales: 
$1 to $4,999 
....farms 
2 
9 
2 
21 
_ 
11 
3 
$1,000 
(D) 
9 
(D) 
47 
- 
17 
10 
$5,000 or more 
....farms 
32 
17 
76 
4 
12 
54 
$1,000 
- 
34,649 
(D) 
5,857 
904 
225 
14,620 
item 
Marin 
Mariposa 
Mendocino 
Merced 
Modoc 
Mono 
Monterey 
TYPE OF PRODUCTION 
USDA National Organic Program certified 
organic production 
....farms 
71 
2 
125 
54 
15 
- 
107 
USDA National Organic Program organic 
production exempt from certification 
....farms 
3 
_ 
26 
2 
1 
_ 
10 
Acres transitioning into USDA National Organic Program 
organic production 
....farms 
9 
- 
8 
4 
1 
- 
20 
VALUE OF SALES OF CERTIFIED OR EXEMPT 
ORGANICALLY PRODUCED COMMODITIES 
Total organic product sales (see text) 
....farms 
64 
2 
132 
55 
15 
94 
$1,000 
49,190 
(D) 
1 1 ,435 
59,758 
1,833 
- 
150,835 
By value of sales: 
$1 to $4,999 
....farms 
9 
2 
35 
5 
2 
_ 
15 
$1,000 
18 
(D) 
89 
6 
(D) 
- 
24 
$5,000 or more 
....farms 
55 
97 
50 
13 
- 
79 
$1,000 
49,172 
- 
1 1 ,346 
59,753 
(D) 
- 
150,810 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
California 519 
