Table 42. Organic Agriculture: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Napa 
Nevada 
Orange 
Placer 
Plumas 
Riverside 
Sacramento 
TYPE OF PRODUCTION 
USDA National Organic Program certified 
organic production 
USDA National Organic Program organic 
farms 
82 
28 
5 
17 
2 
152 
21 
production exempt from certification 
Acres transitioning into USDA National Organic Program 
farms 
9 
13 
5 
17 
" 
19 
12 
organic production 
farms 
17 
14 
3 
14 
32 
4 
VALUE OF SALES OF CERTIFIED OR EXEMPT 
ORGANICALLY PRODUCED COMMODITIES 
Total organic product sales (see text) 
farms 
63 
36 
10 
34 
2 
152 
30 
$1,000 
15,421 
811 
700 
3,606 
(D) 
56,979 
6,710 
By value of sales: 
$1 to $4,999 
farms 
11 
12 
6 
19 
_ 
46 
16 
$1,000 
10 
21 
24 
39 
- 
108 
31 
$5,000 or more 
farms 
52 
24 
4 
15 
2 
106 
14 
$1,000 
15,411 
790 
675 
3,567 
(D) 
56,871 
6,678 
Item 
San Benito 
San 
Bernardino 
San Diego 
San Francisco 
San Joaquin 
San Luis 
Obispo 
San Mateo 
Santa Barbara 
TYPE OF PRODUCTION 
USDA National Organic Program certified 
organic production 
USDA National Organic Program organic 
farms 
53 
15 
317 
- 
34 
118 
20 
105 
production exempt from certification 
Acres transitioning into USDA National Organic Program 
farms 
” 
25 
57 
" 
7 
32 
7 
16 
organic production 
farms 
9 
3 
41 
- 
7 
7 
2 
14 
VALUE OF SALES OF CERTIFIED OR EXEMPT 
ORGANICALLY PRODUCED COMMODITIES 
Total organic product sales (see text) 
farms 
52 
39 
334 
- 
36 
130 
25 
105 
$1,000 
33,739 
1,859 
55,635 
- 
9,783 
13,948 
914 
34,252 
By value of sales: 
$1 to $4,999 
farms 
16 
29 
108 
_ 
4 
63 
7 
15 
$1,000 
22 
60 
258 
- 
5 
108 
11 
42 
$5,000 or more 
farms 
36 
10 
226 
- 
32 
67 
18 
90 
$1,000 
33,717 
1,799 
55,377 
- 
9,778 
13,841 
902 
34,210 
Item 
Santa Clara 
Santa Cruz 
Shasta 
Sierra 
Siskiyou 
Solano 
Sonoma 
Stanislaus 
TYPE OF PRODUCTION 
USDA National Organic Program certified 
organic production 
USDA National Organic Program organic 
farms 
17 
84 
12 
- 
30 
35 
230 
40 
production exempt from certification 
Acres transitioning into USDA National Organic Program 
farms 
3 
22 
20 
" 
3 
13 
35 
5 
organic production 
farms 
10 
8 
9 
- 
1 
3 
63 
1 
VALUE OF SALES OF CERTIFIED OR EXEMPT 
ORGANICALLY PRODUCED COMMODITIES 
Total organic product sales (see text) 
farms 
18 
85 
27 
- 
30 
46 
225 
39 
$1,000 
13,500 
76,790 
274 
8,459 
11,730 
196,782 
20,463 
By value of sales: 
$1 to $4,999 
farms 
4 
18 
21 
_ 
3 
13 
50 
13 
$1,000 
8 
36 
48 
- 
6 
23 
129 
53 
$5,000 or more 
farms 
14 
67 
6 
- 
27 
33 
175 
26 
$1,000 
13,492 
76,754 
227 
- 
8,453 
11,707 
196,653 
20,410 
Item 
Sutter 
Tehama 
Trinity 
Tulare 
Tuolumne 
Ventura 
Yolo 
Yuba 
TYPE OF PRODUCTION 
USDA National Organic Program certified 
organic production 
USDA National Organic Program organic 
farms 
34 
18 
2 
84 
2 
92 
79 
11 
production exempt from certification 
Acres transitioning into USDA National Organic Program 
farms 
8 
3 
26 
“ 
8 
4 
14 
organic production 
farms 
11 
3 
“ 
10 
- 
10 
18 
3 
VALUE OF SALES OF CERTIFIED OR EXEMPT 
ORGANICALLY PRODUCED COMMODITIES 
Total organic product sales (see text) 
farms 
29 
23 
2 
100 
2 
91 
71 
23 
$1,000 
15,204 
5,381 
(D) 
48,563 
(D) 
57,403 
35,648 
3,404 
By value of sales: 
$1 to $4,999 
farms 
1 
13 
2 
30 
1 
16 
5 
13 
$1,000 
(D) 
24 
(D) 
36 
(D) 
38 
13 
28 
$5,000 or more 
farms 
28 
10 
70 
1 
75 
66 
10 
$1,000 
(D) 
5,357 
- 
48,527 
(D) 
57,365 
35,635 
3,376 
520 California 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
