Table 42. Organic Agriculture: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Grand 
Traverse 
Gratiot 
Hillsdale 
Houghton 
Huron 
Ingham 
Ionia 
Iosco 
TYPE OF PRODUCTION 
USDA National Organic Program certified 
organic production 
farms 
3 
12 
6 
2 
8 
4 
12 
- 
USDA National Organic Program organic 
production exempt from certification 
farms 
2 
_ 
1 
_ 
3 
3 
2 
_ 
Acres transitioning into USDA National Organic Program 
organic production 
farms 
4 
1 
- 
1 
1 
3 
4 
- 
VALUE OF SALES OF CERTIFIED OR EXEMPT 
ORGANICALLY PRODUCED COMMODITIES 
Total organic product sales (see text) 
farms 
5 
11 
3 
2 
4 
7 
13 
$1,000 
4 
2,886 
431 
(D) 
695 
740 
2,862 
- 
By value of sales: 
$1 to $4,999 
farms 
5 
- 
- 
- 
- 
3 
3 
- 
$1,000 
4 
- 
- 
- 
- 
6 
10 
- 
$5,000 or more 
farms 
- 
11 
3 
2 
4 
4 
10 
- 
$1,000 
- 
2,886 
431 
(D) 
695 
734 
2,852 
- 
Item 
Iron 
Isabella 
Jackson 
Kalamazoo 
Kalkaska 
Kent 
Keweenaw 
Lake 
TYPE OF PRODUCTION 
USDA National Organic Program certified 
organic production 
farms 
- 
10 
1 
4 
- 
4 
- 
- 
USDA National Organic Program organic 
production exempt from certification 
farms 
_ 
2 
3 
2 
1 
3 
_ 
_ 
Acres transitioning into USDA National Organic Program 
organic production 
farms 
- 
7 
2 
2 
1 
3 
- 
- 
VALUE OF SALES OF CERTIFIED OR EXEMPT 
ORGANICALLY PRODUCED COMMODITIES 
Total organic product sales (see text) 
farms 
12 
3 
2 
1 
3 
$1,000 
1,367 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
By value of sales: 
$1 to $4,999 
farms 
- 
- 
2 
2 
1 
- 
_ 
_ 
$1,000 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
$5,000 or more 
farms 
- 
12 
1 
- 
- 
3 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
1,367 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
Item 
Lapeer 
Leelanau 
Lenawee 
Livingston 
Luce 
Mackinac 
Macomb 
Manistee 
TYPE OF PRODUCTION 
USDA National Organic Program certified 
organic production 
farms 
7 
6 
2 
2 
- 
- 
4 
1 
USDA National Organic Program organic 
production exempt from certification 
farms 
8 
_ 
4 
2 
_ 
_ 
1 
2 
Acres transitioning into USDA National Organic Program 
organic production 
farms 
2 
6 
2 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
VALUE OF SALES OF CERTIFIED OR EXEMPT 
ORGANICALLY PRODUCED COMMODITIES 
Total organic product sales (see text) 
farms 
11 
6 
5 
4 
5 
3 
$1,000 
465 
206 
(D) 
20 
- 
- 
150 
(D) 
By value of sales: 
$1 to $4,999 
farms 
6 
3 
3 
1 
_ 
_ 
1 
2 
$1,000 
20 
7 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
$5,000 or more 
farms 
5 
3 
2 
3 
- 
- 
4 
1 
$1,000 
445 
199 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
Item 
Marquette 
Mason 
Mecosta 
Menominee 
Midland 
Missaukee 
Monroe 
Montcalm 
TYPE OF PRODUCTION 
USDA National Organic Program certified 
organic production 
farms 
1 
1 
- 
3 
- 
- 
- 
3 
USDA National Organic Program organic 
production exempt from certification 
farms 
2 
_ 
_ 
_ 
2 
_ 
3 
_ 
Acres transitioning into USDA National Organic Program 
organic production 
farms 
- 
1 
- 
- 
1 
2 
1 
2 
VALUE OF SALES OF CERTIFIED OR EXEMPT 
ORGANICALLY PRODUCED COMMODITIES 
Total organic product sales (see text) 
farms 
3 
1 
3 
2 
3 
2 
$1,000 
10 
(D) 
- 
11 
(D) 
- 
1 
(D) 
By value of sales: 
$1 to $4,999 
farms 
3 
- 
- 
3 
2 
- 
3 
- 
$1,000 
10 
- 
- 
11 
(D) 
- 
1 
- 
$5,000 or more 
farms 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
$1,000 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
-continued 
576 Michigan 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
