Table 42. Organic Agriculture: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Mitchell 
Montgomery 
Moore 
Nash 
New Hanover 
Northampton 
Onslow 
Orange 
TYPE OF PRODUCTION 
USDA National Organic Program certified 
organic production 
.... farms 
- 
2 
- 
5 
- 
- 
- 
5 
USDA National Organic Program organic 
production exempt from certification 
.... farms 
2 
_ 
_ 
1 
_ 
_ 
_ 
3 
Acres transitioning into USDA National Organic Program 
organic production 
.... farms 
- 
- 
2 
2 
- 
- 
- 
7 
VALUE OF SALES OF CERTIFIED OR EXEMPT 
ORGANICALLY PRODUCED COMMODITIES 
Total organic product sales (see text) 
.... farms 
2 
2 
6 
5 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
1,192 
- 
(D) 
By value of sales: 
$1 to $4,999 
.... farms 
2 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
3 
$1,000 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
$5,000 or more 
.... farms 
2 
- 
5 
- 
- 
- 
2 
$1,000 
- 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
Item 
Pamlico 
Pasquotank 
Pender 
Perquimans 
Person 
Pitt 
Polk 
Randolph 
TYPE OF PRODUCTION 
USDA National Organic Program certified 
organic production 
.... farms 
- 
1 
3 
4 
4 
2 
3 
- 
USDA National Organic Program organic 
production exempt from certification 
.... farms 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
2 
1 
_ 
Acres transitioning into USDA National Organic Program 
organic production 
.... farms 
- 
1 
2 
- 
2 
- 
- 
- 
VALUE OF SALES OF CERTIFIED OR EXEMPT 
ORGANICALLY PRODUCED COMMODITIES 
Total organic product sales (see text) 
.... farms 
1 
3 
4 
4 
4 
4 
$1,000 
(D) 
5 
399 
599 
3 
19 
- 
By value of sales: 
$1 to $4,999 
.... farms 
- 
- 
3 
- 
1 
4 
3 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
5 
- 
(D) 
3 
(D) 
- 
$5,000 or more 
.... farms 
- 
1 
- 
4 
3 
- 
1 
- 
$1,000 
- 
(D) 
- 
399 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
Item 
Richmond 
Robeson 
Rockingham 
Rowan 
Rutherford 
Sampson 
Scotland 
Stanly 
TYPE OF PRODUCTION 
USDA National Organic Program certified 
organic production 
.... farms 
- 
3 
4 
1 
- 
8 
- 
1 
USDA National Organic Program organic 
production exempt from certification 
.... farms 
_ 
_ 
2 
_ 
4 
3 
_ 
_ 
Acres transitioning into USDA National Organic Program 
organic production 
.... farms 
- 
- 
3 
- 
2 
- 
- 
- 
VALUE OF SALES OF CERTIFIED OR EXEMPT 
ORGANICALLY PRODUCED COMMODITIES 
Total organic product sales (see text) 
.... farms 
3 
3 
1 
4 
8 
$1,000 
- 
2 
(D) 
(D) 
5 
(D) 
- 
- 
By value of sales: 
$1 to $4,999 
.... farms 
- 
3 
2 
- 
4 
5 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
2 
(D) 
- 
5 
3 
- 
- 
$5,000 or more 
.... farms 
- 
- 
1 
1 
- 
3 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
Item 
Stokes 
Surry 
Swain 
Transylvania 
Tyrrell 
Union 
Vance 
Wake 
TYPE OF PRODUCTION 
USDA National Organic Program certified 
organic production 
.... farms 
3 
2 
- 
- 
- 
1 
4 
1 
USDA National Organic Program organic 
production exempt from certification 
.... farms 
1 
_ 
_ 
2 
_ 
_ 
2 
_ 
Acres transitioning into USDA National Organic Program 
organic production 
.... farms 
2 
- 
- 
2 
- 
- 
1 
- 
VALUE OF SALES OF CERTIFIED OR EXEMPT 
ORGANICALLY PRODUCED COMMODITIES 
Total organic product sales (see text) 
.... farms 
2 
2 
2 
1 
4 
1 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
321 
(D) 
By value of sales: 
$1 to $4,999 
.... farms 
1 
2 
- 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
(□) 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$5,000 or more 
.... farms 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
4 
1 
$1,000 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
321 
(D) 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
North Carolina 635 
