Table 42. Organic Agriculture: 2012 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
New Jersey 
Atlantic 
Bergen 
Burlington 
Camden 
Cape May 
Cumberland 
TYPE OF PRODUCTION 
USDA National Organic Program certified 
organic production 
farms 
43 
7 
1 
3 
4 
1 
2 
USDA National Organic Program organic 
production exempt from certification 
farms 
39 
5 
- 
3 
- 
- 
2 
Acres transitioning into USDA National Organic Program 
organic production 
farms 
12 
1 
- 
1 
- 
- 
1 
VALUE OF SALES OF CERTIFIED OR EXEMPT 
ORGANICALLY PRODUCED COMMODITIES 
Total organic product sales (see text) 
farms 
72 
11 
1 
5 
3 
1 
4 
$1,000 
3,047 
992 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
By value of sales: 
$1 to $4,999 
farms 
39 
2 
_ 
4 
1 
_ 
3 
$1,000 
53 
(D) 
- 
2 
(D) 
- 
1 
$5,000 or more 
farms 
33 
9 
1 
1 
2 
1 
1 
$1,000 
2,994 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Item 
Essex 
Gloucester 
Hudson 
Hunterdon 
Mercer 
Middlesex 
Monmouth 
TYPE OF PRODUCTION 
USDA National Organic Program certified 
organic production 
USDA National Organic Program organic 
farms 
- 
2 
- 
6 
1 
- 
3 
production exempt from certification 
Acres transitioning into USDA National Organic Program 
farms 
“ 
1 
“ 
4 
6 
“ 
2 
organic production 
farms 
" 
1 
3 
- 
- 
- 
VALUE OF SALES OF CERTIFIED OR EXEMPT 
ORGANICALLY PRODUCED COMMODITIES 
Total organic product sales (see text) 
farms 
- 
2 
- 
8 
7 
- 
3 
$1,000 
- 
(D) 
- 
44 
(D) 
- 
14 
By value of sales: 
$1 to $4,999 
farms 
- 
1 
- 
5 
6 
- 
1 
$1,000 
- 
(D) 
- 
7 
10 
- 
(D) 
$5,000 or more 
farms 
- 
1 
- 
3 
1 
- 
2 
$1,000 
- 
(D) 
- 
37 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
Item 
Morris 
Ocean 
Passaic 
Salem 
Somerset 
Sussex 
Union 
Warren 
TYPE OF PRODUCTION 
USDA National Organic Program certified 
organic production 
USDA National Organic Program organic 
farms 
1 
1 
- 
4 
3 
4 
- 
- 
production exempt from certification 
Acres transitioning into USDA National Organic Program 
farms 
7 
" 
“ 
1 
3 
3 
" 
2 
organic production 
farms 
1 
1 
- 
1 
1 
1 
- 
VALUE OF SALES OF CERTIFIED OR EXEMPT 
ORGANICALLY PRODUCED COMMODITIES 
Total organic product sales (see text) 
farms 
8 
1 
- 
5 
4 
7 
- 
2 
$1,000 
30 
(D) 
- 
112 
8 
245 
(D) 
By value of sales: 
$1 to $4,999 
farms 
7 
_ 
_ 
1 
4 
3 
_ 
1 
$1,000 
- 
- 
(D) 
8 
7 
- 
(D) 
$5,000 or more 
farms 
1 
- 
4 
- 
4 
- 
1 
$1,000 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
238 
- 
(D) 
334 New Jersey 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
