Table 42. Organic Agriculture: 2012 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Pennsylvania 
Adams 
Allegheny 
Armstrong 
Beaver 
Bedford 
Berks 
TYPE OF PRODUCTION 
USDA National Organic Program certified 
organic production 
USDA National Organic Program organic 
farms 
581 
4 
1 
1 
1 
4 
18 
production exempt from certification 
Acres transitioning into USDA National Organic Program 
farms 
111 
2 
2 
2 
2 
2 
3 
organic production 
farms 
159 
- 
- 
- 
- 
3 
5 
VALUE OF SALES OF CERTIFIED OR EXEMPT 
ORGANICALLY PRODUCED COMMODITIES 
Total organic product sales (see text) 
farms 
600 
3 
3 
3 
3 
6 
17 
$1,000 
78,525 
99 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
441 
6,398 
By value of sales: 
$1 to $4,999 
farms 
125 
_ 
1 
2 
2 
2 
3 
$1,000 
252 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
9 
$5,000 or more 
farms 
475 
3 
2 
1 
1 
4 
14 
$1,000 
78,274 
99 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
6,389 
Item 
Blair 
Bradford 
Bucks 
Butler 
Cambria 
Cameron 
Carbon 
TYPE OF PRODUCTION 
USDA National Organic Program certified 
organic production 
USDA National Organic Program organic 
farms 
1 
28 
8 
6 
2 
- 
- 
production exempt from certification 
Acres transitioning into USDA National Organic Program 
farms 
2 
4 
4 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
organic production 
farms 
- 
10 
4 
2 
- 
- 
3 
VALUE OF SALES OF CERTIFIED OR EXEMPT 
ORGANICALLY PRODUCED COMMODITIES 
Total organic product sales (see text) 
farms 
1 
29 
7 
6 
2 
- 
- 
$1,000 
(D) 
2,702 
311 
142 
(D) 
- 
- 
By value of sales: 
$1 to $4,999 
farms 
_ 
9 
3 
1 
2 
_ 
_ 
$1,000 
- 
14 
8 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
$5,000 or more 
farms 
1 
20 
4 
5 
- 
- 
$1,000 
(D) 
2,688 
303 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
Item 
Centre 
Chester 
Clarion 
Clearfield 
Clinton 
Columbia 
Crawford 
TYPE OF PRODUCTION 
USDA National Organic Program certified 
organic production 
USDA National Organic Program organic 
farms 
25 
26 
5 
- 
7 
4 
- 
production exempt from certification 
Acres transitioning into USDA National Organic Program 
farms 
5 
8 
“ 
■ 
“ 
2 
2 
organic production 
farms 
2 
3 
1 
- 
- 
5 
4 
VALUE OF SALES OF CERTIFIED OR EXEMPT 
ORGANICALLY PRODUCED COMMODITIES 
Total organic product sales (see text) 
farms 
28 
30 
5 
- 
7 
6 
2 
$1,000 
2,339 
11,801 
(D) 
- 
605 
297 
(D) 
By value of sales: 
$1 to $4,999 
farms 
12 
10 
_ 
_ 
_ 
2 
2 
$1,000 
30 
17 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
$5,000 or more 
farms 
16 
20 
5 
- 
7 
4 
$1,000 
2,309 
1 1 ,783 
(D) 
- 
605 
(D) 
- 
Item 
Cumberland 
Dauphin 
Delaware 
Elk 
Erie 
Fayette 
Forest 
TYPE OF PRODUCTION 
USDA National Organic Program certified 
organic production 
USDA National Organic Program organic 
farms 
5 
11 
3 
- 
2 
- 
1 
production exempt from certification 
Acres transitioning into USDA National Organic Program 
farms 
2 
1 
3 
■ 
“ 
■ 
“ 
organic production 
farms 
4 
7 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
VALUE OF SALES OF CERTIFIED OR EXEMPT 
ORGANICALLY PRODUCED COMMODITIES 
Total organic product sales (see text) 
farms 
7 
9 
6 
- 
1 
- 
1 
$1,000 
585 
1,803 
64 
- 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
By value of sales: 
$1 to $4,999 
farms 
2 
_ 
3 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
$1,000 
(D) 
- 
7 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$5,000 or more 
farms 
5 
9 
3 
- 
1 
- 
1 
$1,000 
(D) 
1,803 
58 
- 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
--continued 
522 Pennsylvania 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
