Table 42. Organic Agriculture: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Davidson 
Davie 
Duplin 
Durham 
Edgecombe 
Forsyth 
Franklin 
Gaston 
TYPE OF PRODUCTION 
USDA National Organic Program certified 
organic production 
USDA National Organic Program organic 
farms 
- 
1 
1 
- 
1 
- 
2 
- 
production exempt from certification 
Acres transitioning into USDA National Organic Program 
farms 
" 
" 
3 
” 
" 
1 
2 
“ 
organic production 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
2 
2 
- 
VALUE OF SALES OF CERTIFIED OR EXEMPT 
ORGANICALLY PRODUCED COMMODITIES 
Total organic product sales (see text) 
farms 
- 
1 
2 
- 
1 
1 
4 
- 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
By value of sales: 
$1 to $4,999 
farms 
- 
- 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$5,000 or more 
farms 
- 
1 
- 
1 
1 
4 
- 
$1,000 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
Item 
Gates 
Graham 
Granville 
Greene 
Guilford 
Halifax 
Harnett 
Haywood 
TYPE OF PRODUCTION 
USDA National Organic Program certified 
organic production 
USDA National Organic Program organic 
farms 
- 
- 
6 
- 
1 
1 
- 
1 
production exempt from certification 
Acres transitioning into USDA National Organic Program 
farms 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
1 
“ 
“ 
“ 
organic production 
farms 
1 
“ 
- 
VALUE OF SALES OF CERTIFIED OR EXEMPT 
ORGANICALLY PRODUCED COMMODITIES 
Total organic product sales (see text) 
farms 
- 
- 
6 
- 
1 
1 
- 
- 
$1,000 
1,610 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
By value of sales: 
$1 to $4,999 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
$5,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
6 
- 
1 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
1,610 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
Item 
Henderson 
Hertford 
Hoke 
Hyde 
Iredell 
Jackson 
Johnston 
Jones 
TYPE OF PRODUCTION 
USDA National Organic Program certified 
organic production 
USDA National Organic Program organic 
farms 
5 
- 
1 
- 
2 
- 
3 
2 
production exempt from certification 
Acres transitioning into USDA National Organic Program 
farms 
3 
2 
” 
“ 
1 
1 
“ 
“ 
organic production 
farms 
7 
“ 
1 
- 
1 
1 
VALUE OF SALES OF CERTIFIED OR EXEMPT 
ORGANICALLY PRODUCED COMMODITIES 
Total organic product sales (see text) 
farms 
8 
2 
1 
- 
3 
1 
3 
2 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
1 
(D) 
By value of sales: 
$1 to $4,999 
farms 
2 
_ 
_ 
2 
1 
3 
_ 
$1,000 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
1 
- 
$5,000 or more 
farms 
- 
1 
- 
1 
- 
- 
2 
$1,000 
- 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
Item 
Lee 
Lenoir 
Lincoln 
McDowell 
Macon 
Madison 
Martin 
Mecklenburg 
TYPE OF PRODUCTION 
USDA National Organic Program certified 
organic production 
USDA National Organic Program organic 
farms 
2 
1 
1 
1 
- 
5 
- 
4 
production exempt from certification 
Acres transitioning into USDA National Organic Program 
farms 
” 
" 
2 
3 
2 
7 
“ 
“ 
organic production 
farms 
- 
6 
4 
- 
- 
VALUE OF SALES OF CERTIFIED OR EXEMPT 
ORGANICALLY PRODUCED COMMODITIES 
Total organic product sales (see text) 
farms 
2 
- 
2 
4 
2 
9 
- 
3 
$1,000 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
56 
(D) 
By value of sales: 
$1 to $4,999 
farms 
1 
- 
- 
3 
2 
5 
- 
2 
$1,000 
(D) 
- 
- 
(Z) 
(D) 
6 
- 
(D) 
$5,000 or more 
farms 
1 
- 
2 
1 
- 
4 
- 
1 
$1,000 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
50 
- 
(D) 
-continued 
634 North Carolina 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
