Table 42. Organic Agriculture: 2012 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Colorado 
Adams 
Alamosa 
Arapahoe 
Archuleta 
Baca 
Bent 
TYPE OF PRODUCTION 
USDA National Organic Program certified 
organic production 
USDA National Organic Program organic 
farms 
162 
3 
4 
- 
1 
- 
- 
production exempt from certification 
Acres transitioning into USDA National Organic Program 
farms 
49 
“ 
1 
“ 
“ 
“ 
organic production 
farms 
54 
- 
- 
1 
1 
- 
- 
VALUE OF SALES OF CERTIFIED OR EXEMPT 
ORGANICALLY PRODUCED COMMODITIES 
Total organic product sales (see text) 
farms 
176 
3 
4 
1 
1 
- 
- 
$1,000 
68,188 
500 
3,656 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
By value of sales: 
$1 to $4,999 
farms 
57 
- 
- 
1 
1 
- 
- 
$1,000 
90 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
$5,000 or more 
farms 
119 
3 
4 
- 
- 
$1,000 
68,098 
500 
3,656 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Item 
Boulder 
Broomfield 
Chaffee 
Cheyenne 
Clear Creek 
Conejos 
Costilla 
TYPE OF PRODUCTION 
USDA National Organic Program certified 
organic production 
USDA National Organic Program organic 
farms 
15 
- 
- 
- 
- 
6 
- 
production exempt from certification 
Acres transitioning into USDA National Organic Program 
farms 
7 
” 
” 
” 
” 
" 
“ 
organic production 
farms 
10 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
VALUE OF SALES OF CERTIFIED OR EXEMPT 
ORGANICALLY PRODUCED COMMODITIES 
Total organic product sales (see text) 
farms 
18 
- 
- 
- 
- 
4 
- 
$1,000 
2,097 
- 
3,088 
- 
By value of sales: 
$1 to $4,999 
farms 
11 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
26 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$5,000 or more 
farms 
7 
- 
- 
- 
- 
4 
- 
$1,000 
2,071 
- 
- 
- 
- 
3,088 
- 
Item 
Crowley 
Custer 
Delta 
Denver 
Dolores 
Douglas 
Eagle 
TYPE OF PRODUCTION 
USDA National Organic Program certified 
organic production 
USDA National Organic Program organic 
farms 
- 
- 
29 
1 
6 
- 
1 
production exempt from certification 
Acres transitioning into USDA National Organic Program 
farms 
“ 
“ 
4 
” 
" 
” 
“ 
organic production 
farms 
" 
" 
7 
" 
3 
2 
2 
VALUE OF SALES OF CERTIFIED OR EXEMPT 
ORGANICALLY PRODUCED COMMODITIES 
Total organic product sales (see text) 
farms 
- 
- 
26 
1 
6 
- 
1 
$1,000 
2,395 
(D) 
445 
- 
(D) 
By value of sales: 
$1 to $4,999 
farms 
- 
- 
7 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
19 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$5,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
19 
1 
6 
- 
1 
$1,000 
- 
- 
2,376 
(D) 
445 
- 
(D) 
Item 
Elbert 
El Paso 
Fremont 
Garfield 
Gilpin 
Grand 
Gunnison 
TYPE OF PRODUCTION 
USDA National Organic Program certified 
organic production 
USDA National Organic Program organic 
farms 
- 
2 
3 
- 
1 
- 
- 
production exempt from certification 
Acres transitioning into USDA National Organic Program 
farms 
2 
3 
2 
1 
“ 
” 
“ 
organic production 
farms 
2 
1 
- 
VALUE OF SALES OF CERTIFIED OR EXEMPT 
ORGANICALLY PRODUCED COMMODITIES 
Total organic product sales (see text) 
farms 
2 
4 
5 
1 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
(D) 
12 
317 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
By value of sales: 
$1 to $4,999 
farms 
2 
3 
2 
1 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
$5,000 or more 
farms 
- 
1 
3 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
-continued 
482 Colorado 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
