Table 42. Organic Agriculture: 2012 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Florida 
Alachua 
Baker 
Bay 
Bradford 
Brevard 
Broward 
TYPE OF PRODUCTION 
USDA National Organic Program certified 
organic production 
USDA National Organic Program organic 
....farms 
171 
15 
- 
- 
2 
1 
- 
production exempt from certification 
Acres transitioning into USDA National Organic Program 
....farms 
72 
6 
” 
“ 
“ 
1 
2 
organic production 
....farms 
57 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
VALUE OF SALES OF CERTIFIED OR EXEMPT 
ORGANICALLY PRODUCED COMMODITIES 
Total organic product sales (see text) 
....farms 
210 
19 
- 
- 
2 
2 
1 
$1,000 
83,373 
2,404 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
By value of sales: 
$1 to $4,999 
....farms 
88 
11 
_ 
_ 
2 
2 
1 
$1,000 
173 
26 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
$5,000 or more 
....farms 
122 
8 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
83,200 
2,378 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Item 
Calhoun 
Charlotte 
Citrus 
Clay 
Collier 
Columbia 
DeSoto 
TYPE OF PRODUCTION 
USDA National Organic Program certified 
organic production 
USDA National Organic Program organic 
....farms 
- 
3 
3 
- 
5 
1 
8 
production exempt from certification 
Acres transitioning into USDA National Organic Program 
....farms 
“ 
1 
" 
" 
" 
“ 
2 
organic production 
....farms 
- 
- 
3 
- 
- 
- 
- 
VALUE OF SALES OF CERTIFIED OR EXEMPT 
ORGANICALLY PRODUCED COMMODITIES 
Total organic product sales (see text) 
....farms 
- 
4 
3 
- 
5 
- 
9 
$1,000 
- 
(D) 
483 
- 
(D) 
- 
493 
By value of sales: 
$1 to $4,999 
....farms 
- 
1 
- 
_ 
- 
- 
4 
$1,000 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
3 
$5,000 or more 
....farms 
- 
3 
3 
- 
5 
- 
5 
$1,000 
- 
(D) 
483 
- 
(D) 
- 
490 
Item 
Dixie 
Duval 
Escambia 
Flagler 
Franklin 
Gadsden 
Gilchrist 
TYPE OF PRODUCTION 
USDA National Organic Program certified 
organic production 
USDA National Organic Program organic 
....farms 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
3 
3 
production exempt from certification 
Acres transitioning into USDA National Organic Program 
....farms 
“ 
1 
“ 
“ 
“ 
2 
" 
organic production 
....farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
VALUE OF SALES OF CERTIFIED OR EXEMPT 
ORGANICALLY PRODUCED COMMODITIES 
Total organic product sales (see text) 
....farms 
- 
1 
- 
1 
- 
3 
3 
$1,000 
- 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
49 
773 
By value of sales: 
$1 to $4,999 
....farms 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$5,000 or more 
....farms 
- 
- 
1 
- 
3 
3 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
49 
773 
Item 
Glades 
Gulf 
Hamilton 
Hardee 
Hendry 
Hernando 
Highlands 
TYPE OF PRODUCTION 
USDA National Organic Program certified 
organic production 
USDA National Organic Program organic 
....farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
4 
2 
2 
production exempt from certification 
Acres transitioning into USDA National Organic Program 
....farms 
“ 
" 
2 
" 
1 
“ 
" 
organic production 
....farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
VALUE OF SALES OF CERTIFIED OR EXEMPT 
ORGANICALLY PRODUCED COMMODITIES 
Total organic product sales (see text) 
....farms 
- 
- 
2 
- 
4 
2 
2 
$1,000 
" 
- 
(D) 
3,284 
(D) 
(D) 
By value of sales: 
$1 to $4,999 
....farms 
- 
- 
2 
- 
1 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
$5,000 or more 
....farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
3 
2 
2 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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