Table 42. Organic Agriculture: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Spokane 
Stevens 
Thurston 
Wahkiakum 
Walla Walla 
Whatcom 
Whitman 
Yakima 
TYPE OF PRODUCTION 
USDA National Organic Program certified 
organic production 
farms 
10 
20 
22 
1 
13 
25 
5 
83 
USDA National Organic Program organic 
production exempt from certification 
farms 
4 
7 
9 
_ 
_ 
14 
_ 
5 
Acres transitioning into USDA National Organic Program 
organic production 
farms 
1 
10 
2 
- 
1 
1 
1 
16 
VALUE OF SALES OF CERTIFIED OR EXEMPT 
ORGANICALLY PRODUCED COMMODITIES 
Total organic product sales (see text) 
farms 
11 
18 
27 
1 
13 
37 
5 
86 
$1,000 
68 
496 
2,093 
(D) 
16,107 
13,423 
112 
23,159 
By value of sales: 
$1 to $4,999 
farms 
7 
3 
9 
_ 
_ 
18 
1 
8 
$1,000 
21 
10 
6 
- 
- 
45 
(D) 
14 
$5,000 or more 
farms 
4 
15 
18 
1 
13 
19 
4 
78 
$1,000 
47 
486 
2,087 
(D) 
16,107 
13,378 
(D) 
23,145 
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) 
Harvested 
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 
Washington 
4,815 
82 
253 
5,798 
1,654 
2,267 
388 
107 
756 
Counties 
Adams 
147 
_ 
5 
39 
10 
11 
2 
_ 
10 
Asotin 
1 
1 
1 
32 
7 
13 
- 
- 
3 
Benton 
605 
- 
4 
231 
39 
100 
4 
10 
18 
Chelan 
334 
- 
4 
42 
71 
55 
13 
3 
25 
Clallam 
9 
3 
5 
139 
50 
60 
4 
1 
24 
Clark 
3 
2 
22 
345 
85 
141 
39 
11 
43 
Columbia 
- 
2 
1 
36 
5 
6 
1 
- 
2 
Cowlitz 
- 
1 
9 
73 
12 
43 
4 
6 
9 
Douglas 
162 
- 
1 
47 
36 
26 
8 
- 
21 
Ferry 
3 
2 
7 
58 
13 
21 
2 
- 
4 
Franklin 
409 
_ 
4 
71 
17 
21 
3 
2 
9 
Garfield 
1 
- 
- 
13 
1 
4 
1 
- 
1 
Grant 
793 
- 
7 
129 
31 
67 
1 
7 
17 
Grays Harbor 
- 
2 
7 
90 
20 
42 
2 
- 
10 
Island 
- 
1 
6 
91 
51 
58 
8 
- 
20 
Jefferson 
1 
2 
1 
46 
36 
26 
9 
- 
10 
King 
4 
5 
15 
405 
123 
163 
46 
4 
60 
Kitsap 
2 
4 
4 
138 
54 
67 
21 
- 
15 
Kittitas 
496 
1 
3 
283 
22 
43 
4 
2 
10 
Klickitat 
12 
2 
1 
130 
39 
46 
7 
2 
12 
Lewis 
4 
6 
12 
293 
70 
97 
13 
2 
25 
Lincoln 
5 
- 
- 
83 
3 
19 
5 
- 
- 
Mason 
- 
- 
5 
49 
37 
23 
3 
1 
12 
Okanogan 
271 
13 
13 
211 
80 
77 
17 
2 
39 
Pacific 
- 
- 
10 
43 
23 
17 
4 
1 
16 
Pend Oreille 
1 
- 
- 
61 
9 
13 
1 
- 
- 
Pierce 
1 
5 
6 
303 
44 
93 
18 
2 
23 
San Juan 
2 
4 
1 
85 
67 
31 
14 
4 
21 
Skagit 
2 
2 
11 
214 
79 
104 
28 
2 
48 
Skamania 
- 
- 
2 
16 
13 
6 
3 
- 
5 
Snohomish 
6 
_ 
9 
278 
70 
101 
20 
1 
25 
Spokane 
25 
4 
15 
294 
85 
131 
6 
2 
40 
Stevens 
4 
7 
13 
219 
30 
61 
7 
5 
18 
Thurston 
1 
7 
11 
288 
79 
94 
26 
6 
33 
Wahkiakum 
- 
2 
- 
33 
5 
10 
1 
- 
2 
Walla Walla 
56 
- 
5 
94 
39 
49 
4 
- 
23 
Whatcom 
9 
4 
15 
312 
88 
107 
20 
7 
38 
Whitman 
2 
- 
- 
118 
9 
34 
7 
- 
- 
Yakima 
1,444 
- 
18 
366 
102 
187 
12 
24 
65 
416 Washington 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
