Table 42. Organic Agriculture: 2012 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Vermont 
Addison 
Bennington 
Caledonia 
Chittenden 
Essex 
Franklin 
TYPE OF PRODUCTION 
USDA National Organic Program certified 
organic production 
farms 
513 
71 
5 
38 
46 
12 
72 
USDA National Organic Program organic 
production exempt from certification 
farms 
114 
8 
4 
8 
5 
1 
7 
Acres transitioning into USDA National Organic Program 
organic production 
farms 
36 
7 
- 
3 
7 
1 
2 
VALUE OF SALES OF CERTIFIED OR EXEMPT 
ORGANICALLY PRODUCED COMMODITIES 
Total organic product sales (see text) 
farms 
554 
70 
8 
42 
49 
7 
68 
$1,000 
62,634 
9,130 
751 
4,228 
2,761 
274 
12,375 
By value of sales: 
$1 to $4,999 
farms 
166 
18 
4 
10 
15 
1 
7 
$1,000 
325 
29 
9 
21 
21 
(D) 
30 
$5,000 or more 
farms 
388 
52 
4 
32 
34 
6 
61 
$1,000 
62,310 
9,101 
742 
4,207 
2,740 
(D) 
12,345 
Item 
Grand Isle 
Lamoille 
Orange 
Orleans 
Rutland 
Washington 
Windham 
Windsor 
TYPE OF PRODUCTION 
USDA National Organic Program certified 
organic production 
USDA National Organic Program organic 
farms 
8 
33 
52 
64 
22 
50 
20 
20 
production exempt from certification 
Acres transitioning into USDA National Organic Program 
farms 
2 
6 
7 
13 
9 
20 
11 
13 
organic production 
farms 
“ 
" 
" 
3 
4 
2 
2 
5 
VALUE OF SALES OF CERTIFIED OR EXEMPT 
ORGANICALLY PRODUCED COMMODITIES 
Total organic product sales (see text) 
farms 
7 
35 
53 
70 
19 
67 
30 
29 
$1,000 
377 
4,289 
7,255 
9,227 
2,163 
4,697 
3,648 
1,458 
By value of sales: 
$1 to $4,999 
farms 
2 
9 
21 
20 
2 
27 
14 
16 
$1,000 
(D) 
15 
54 
36 
(D) 
40 
35 
26 
$5,000 or more 
farms 
5 
26 
32 
50 
17 
40 
16 
13 
$1,000 
(D) 
4,274 
7,201 
9,191 
(D) 
4,657 
3,613 
1,432 
Table 43. Selected Practices: 2012 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Geographic area 
Received 
irrigation 
water from 
the U.S. 
Bureau of 
Reclamation 
(farms) 
Practiced 
alley 
cropping 
or 
silvopasture 
(farms) 
Plarvested 
biomass 
for use 
in 
renewable 
energy 
(farms) 
Practiced 
rotational 
or 
management- 
intensive 
grazing 
(farms) 
Marketed 
products 
directly 
to 
retail 
outlets 
(farms) 
Produced 
and 
sold 
value-added 
commodities 
(farms) 
Marketed 
products 
through 
community 
supported 
agriculture 
(CSA) 
(farms) 
Raised 
or 
sold 
veal 
calves 
(farms) 
On-farm 
packing 
facility 
(farms) 
State Total 
Vermont 
- 
68 
76 
1,801 
1,174 
1,016 
332 
76 
389 
Counties 
Addison 
_ 
13 
5 
182 
123 
105 
22 
11 
49 
Bennington 
- 
2 
2 
64 
45 
53 
19 
2 
22 
Caledonia 
- 
- 
3 
131 
79 
81 
17 
2 
29 
Chittenden 
- 
2 
9 
127 
118 
103 
49 
- 
49 
Essex 
- 
- 
- 
9 
11 
4 
- 
- 
1 
Franklin 
- 
2 
13 
132 
71 
69 
7 
7 
34 
Grand Isle 
- 
1 
- 
18 
16 
12 
4 
- 
11 
Lamoille 
- 
3 
2 
83 
67 
39 
14 
5 
16 
Orange 
- 
7 
11 
223 
102 
91 
41 
14 
34 
Orleans 
- 
- 
1 
143 
72 
85 
19 
8 
37 
Rutland 
_ 
10 
1 
191 
110 
78 
33 
9 
21 
Washington 
- 
4 
3 
164 
127 
75 
29 
2 
13 
Windham 
- 
12 
19 
135 
110 
79 
36 
- 
39 
Windsor 
- 
12 
7 
199 
123 
142 
42 
16 
34 
304 Vermont 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
