Table 42. Organic Agriculture: 2012 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Maine 
Androscoggin 
Aroostook 
Cumberland 
Franklin 
TYPE OF PRODUCTION 
USDA National Organic Program certified 
organic production 
farms 
457 
8 
23 
29 
23 
USDA National Organic Program organic 
production exempt from certification 
farms 
154 
12 
24 
10 
1 
Acres transitioning into USDA National Organic Program 
organic production 
farms 
65 
2 
11 
6 
- 
VALUE OF SALES OF CERTIFIED OR EXEMPT 
ORGANICALLY PRODUCED COMMODITIES 
Total organic product sales (see text) 
farms 
554 
19 
43 
37 
23 
$1,000 
36,401 
1,434 
3,432 
1,726 
3,860 
By value of sales: 
$1 to $4,999 
farms 
212 
5 
28 
15 
2 
$1,000 
367 
12 
34 
21 
(D) 
$5,000 or more 
farms 
342 
14 
15 
22 
21 
$1,000 
36,034 
1,422 
3,397 
1,705 
(D) 
Item 
Flancock 
Kennebec 
Knox 
Lincoln 
Oxford 
Penobscot 
TYPE OF PRODUCTION 
USDA National Organic Program certified 
organic production 
USDA National Organic Program organic 
farms 
34 
36 
10 
37 
27 
21 
production exempt from certification 
Acres transitioning into USDA National Organic Program 
farms 
12 
11 
5 
2 
3 
11 
organic production 
farms 
1 
3 
7 
5 
3 
- 
VALUE OF SALES OF CERTIFIED OR EXEMPT 
ORGANICALLY PRODUCED COMMODITIES 
Total organic product sales (see text) 
farms 
43 
42 
14 
37 
26 
24 
$1,000 
976 
2,911 
337 
1,659 
469 
485 
By value of sales: 
$1 to $4,999 
farms 
21 
22 
4 
9 
8 
13 
$1,000 
35 
42 
9 
12 
12 
38 
$5,000 or more 
farms 
22 
20 
10 
28 
18 
11 
$1,000 
940 
2,869 
328 
1,647 
458 
447 
Item 
Piscataquis 
Sagadahoc 
Somerset 
Waldo 
Washington 
York 
TYPE OF PRODUCTION 
USDA National Organic Program certified 
organic production 
USDA National Organic Program organic 
farms 
11 
16 
72 
77 
21 
12 
production exempt from certification 
Acres transitioning into USDA National Organic Program 
farms 
1 
“ 
“ 
34 
5 
23 
organic production 
farms 
6 
- 
3 
9 
3 
6 
VALUE OF SALES OF CERTIFIED OR EXEMPT 
ORGANICALLY PRODUCED COMMODITIES 
Total organic product sales (see text) 
farms 
11 
16 
65 
96 
23 
35 
$1,000 
140 
2,587 
12,730 
2,592 
680 
384 
By value of sales: 
$1 to $4,999 
farms 
4 
6 
4 
40 
10 
21 
$1,000 
(D) 
5 
6 
64 
19 
50 
$5,000 or more 
farms 
7 
10 
61 
56 
13 
14 
$1,000 
(D) 
2,582 
12,723 
2,528 
661 
335 
326 Maine 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
