Table 42. Organic Agriculture: 2012 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Tennessee 
Anderson 
Bedford 
Benton 
Bledsoe 
Blount 
Bradley 
Campbell 
TYPE OF PRODUCTION 
USDA National Organic Program certified 
organic production 
USDA National Organic Program organic 
farms 
36 
- 
- 
- 
- 
3 
- 
- 
production exempt from certification 
Acres transitioning into USDA National Organic Program 
farms 
51 
“ 
1 
” 
1 
1 
“ 
1 
organic production 
farms 
35 
" 
“ 
- 
2 
- 
1 
VALUE OF SALES OF CERTIFIED OR EXEMPT 
ORGANICALLY PRODUCED COMMODITIES 
Total organic product sales (see text) 
farms 
68 
- 
1 
- 
1 
2 
- 
- 
$1,000 
1,525 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
By value of sales: 
$1 to $4,999 
farms 
52 
- 
1 
- 
1 
2 
- 
- 
$1,000 
79 
- 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
$5,000 or more 
farms 
16 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
1,446 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Item 
Cannon 
Carroll 
Carter 
Cheatham 
Chester 
Claiborne 
Clay 
Cocke 
TYPE OF PRODUCTION 
USDA National Organic Program certified 
organic production 
USDA National Organic Program organic 
farms 
- 
- 
1 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
production exempt from certification 
Acres transitioning into USDA National Organic Program 
farms 
“ 
“ 
1 
“ 
” 
“ 
“ 
1 
organic production 
farms 
" 
" 
1 
1 
- 
1 
" 
" 
VALUE OF SALES OF CERTIFIED OR EXEMPT 
ORGANICALLY PRODUCED COMMODITIES 
Total organic product sales (see text) 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
1 
$1,000 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
By value of sales: 
$1 to $4,999 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
_ 
1 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
$5,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Item 
Coffee 
Crockett 
Cumberland 
Davidson 
Decatur 
DeKalb 
Dickson 
Dyer 
TYPE OF PRODUCTION 
USDA National Organic Program certified 
organic production 
USDA National Organic Program organic 
farms 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
production exempt from certification 
Acres transitioning into USDA National Organic Program 
farms 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
” 
1 
1 
" 
organic production 
farms 
" 
" 
- 
" 
1 
- 
2 
VALUE OF SALES OF CERTIFIED OR EXEMPT 
ORGANICALLY PRODUCED COMMODITIES 
Total organic product sales (see text) 
farms 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
1 
- 
$1,000 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
By value of sales: 
$1 to $4,999 
farms 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
1 
- 
$1,000 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
$5,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Item 
Fayette 
Fentress 
Franklin 
Gibson 
Giles 
Grainger 
Greene 
Grundy 
TYPE OF PRODUCTION 
USDA National Organic Program certified 
organic production 
USDA National Organic Program organic 
farms 
- 
1 
1 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
production exempt from certification 
Acres transitioning into USDA National Organic Program 
farms 
” 
" 
1 
3 
1 
2 
3 
” 
organic production 
farms 
" 
1 
3 
“ 
4 
- 
2 
VALUE OF SALES OF CERTIFIED OR EXEMPT 
ORGANICALLY PRODUCED COMMODITIES 
Total organic product sales (see text) 
farms 
- 
1 
1 
3 
1 
3 
3 
- 
$1,000 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
1 
(D) 
4 
3 
- 
By value of sales: 
$1 to $4,999 
farms 
- 
- 
1 
3 
1 
3 
3 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
(D) 
1 
(D) 
4 
3 
- 
$5,000 or more 
farms 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
-continued 
592 Tennessee 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
