Table 42. Organic Agriculture: 2012 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
West Virginia 
Barbour 
Berkeley 
Boone 
Braxton 
Brooke 
Cabell 
Calhoun 
TYPE OF PRODUCTION 
USDA National Organic Program certified 
organic production 
USDA National Organic Program organic 
.... farms 
5 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
production exempt from certification 
Acres transitioning into USDA National Organic Program 
.... farms 
50 
“ 
2 
“ 
2 
” 
“ 
5 
organic production 
.... farms 
25 
3 
- 
2 
- 
- 
- 
VALUE OF SALES OF CERTIFIED OR EXEMPT 
ORGANICALLY PRODUCED COMMODITIES 
Total organic product sales (see text) 
.... farms 
45 
- 
2 
- 
2 
- 
- 
4 
$1,000 
2,718 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
11 
By value of sales: 
$1 to $4,999 
.... farms 
39 
_ 
2 
_ 
2 
_ 
_ 
4 
$1,000 
74 
- 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
11 
$5,000 or more 
.... farms 
6 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
2,644 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Item 
Clay 
Doddridge 
Fayette 
Gilmer 
Grant 
Greenbrier 
Hampshire 
Hancock 
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 
“ 
“ 
” 
3 
2 
3 
" 
“ 
organic production 
.... farms 
- 
" 
4 
- 
- 
1 
- 
VALUE OF SALES OF CERTIFIED OR EXEMPT 
ORGANICALLY PRODUCED COMMODITIES 
Total organic product sales (see text) 
.... farms 
- 
- 
- 
3 
2 
5 
- 
- 
$1,000 
3 
(D) 
2,616 
- 
By value of sales: 
$1 to $4,999 
.... farms 
- 
- 
- 
3 
2 
2 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
3 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
$5,000 or more 
.... farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
3 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
Item 
Hardy 
Harrison 
Jackson 
Jefferson 
Kanawha 
Lewis 
Lincoln 
Logan 
TYPE OF PRODUCTION 
USDA National Organic Program certified 
organic production 
USDA National Organic Program organic 
.... farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
production exempt from certification 
Acres transitioning into USDA National Organic Program 
.... farms 
“ 
2 
“ 
3 
1 
“ 
“ 
" 
organic production 
.... farms 
- 
" 
1 
- 
- 
" 
VALUE OF SALES OF CERTIFIED OR EXEMPT 
ORGANICALLY PRODUCED COMMODITIES 
Total organic product sales (see text) 
.... farms 
- 
2 
- 
3 
1 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
(D) 
- 
10 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
By value of sales: 
$1 to $4,999 
.... farms 
- 
2 
- 
3 
1 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
(D) 
- 
10 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
$5,000 or more 
.... farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Item 
McDowell 
Marion 
Marshall 
Mason 
Mercer 
Mineral 
Mingo 
Monongalia 
TYPE OF PRODUCTION 
USDA National Organic Program certified 
organic production 
USDA National Organic Program organic 
.... farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
production exempt from certification 
Acres transitioning into USDA National Organic Program 
.... farms 
“ 
“ 
1 
” 
“ 
“ 
1 
1 
organic production 
.... farms 
- 
" 
- 
- 
- 
- 
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 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
$5,000 or more 
.... farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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