Table 18. Selected Farm Programs - Certified and Exempt Organic Farms: 2014 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Enrolled in EQIP 
Organic Initiative 
Enrolled in 
National Organic 
Geographic area 
Program 
Certification 
Cost-Share Program 
Farms 
Farms 
Acres 
(farms) 
United States 
1,783 
259,436 
5,735 
2,801 
Alabama 
13 
98 
9 
7 
Alaska 
5 
5 
6 
- 
Arizona 
5 
163 
19 
14 
Arkansas 
9 
44 
15 
- 
California 
326 
52,279 
1,052 
636 
Colorado 
24 
10,987 
68 
53 
Connecticut 
33 
326 
49 
9 
Delaware 
4 
90 
6 
1 
Florida 
25 
1,614 
69 
26 
Georgia 
29 
570 
31 
10 
Flawaii 
19 
194 
60 
12 
Idaho 
17 
9,713 
74 
37 
Illinois 
30 
1,743 
79 
78 
Indiana 
7 
744 
41 
21 
Iowa 
56 
6,521 
254 
207 
Kansas 
4 
482 
35 
35 
Kentucky 
15 
715 
29 
5 
Louisiana 
6 
164 
8 
3 
Maine 
117 
5,843 
263 
25 
Maryland 
17 
390 
64 
13 
Massachusetts 
35 
632 
73 
7 
Michigan 
42 
6,635 
105 
71 
Minnesota 
81 
13,852 
326 
231 
Mississippi 
- 
- 
3 
1 
Missouri 
24 
977 
42 
31 
Montana 
26 
3,241 
80 
53 
Nebraska 
34 
9,577 
92 
99 
Nevada 
- 
- 
30 
2 
New Hampshire 
38 
666 
68 
1 
New Jersey 
13 
72 
35 
2 
New Mexico 
19 
1,424 
41 
17 
New York 
89 
12,892 
393 
67 
North Carolina 
32 
2,243 
84 
56 
North Dakota 
15 
2,253 
63 
53 
Ohio 
40 
4,358 
209 
58 
Oklahoma 
8 
832 
15 
7 
Oregon 
50 
8,403 
228 
58 
Pennsylvania 
58 
10,989 
208 
35 
Rhode Island 
6 
6 
17 
- 
South Carolina 
12 
236 
19 
1 
South Dakota 
19 
10,832 
50 
49 
Tennessee 
7 
471 
13 
5 
Texas 
16 
1,251 
59 
87 
Utah 
7 
9,066 
- 
23 
Vermont 
91 
15,752 
269 
83 
Virginia 
13 
1,195 
53 
37 
Washington 
88 
3,553 
376 
168 
West Virginia 
7 
124 
4 
- 
Wisconsin 
141 
19,562 
529 
272 
Wyoming 
11 
25,657 
20 
35 
Organic crops covered by crop insurance 
Farms by percent of total organic acres 
Less than 25 
25 to 49 
50 to 74 
75 to 99 
100 
percent 
percent 
percent 
percent 
percent 
211 
296 
381 
287 
1,626 
5 
- 
- 
- 
2 
7 
- 
2 
- 
5 
23 
27 
46 
40 
500 
7 
3 
6 
6 
31 
- 
- 
- 
- 
9 
1 
24 
_ 
_ 
2 
_ 
- 
- 
- 
- 
10 
3 
_ 
2 
_ 
7 
5 
4 
5 
2 
21 
- 
6 
14 
7 
51 
- 
2 
- 
9 
10 
28 
33 
59 
21 
66 
1 
2 
6 
_ 
26 
- 
1 
- 
- 
4 
- 
- 
- 
- 
3 
3 
8 
2 
1 
11 
- 
- 
4 
2 
7 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
7 
4 
10 
19 
5 
33 
28 
47 
34 
32 
90 
1 
18 
- 
5 
1 
7 
_ 
1 
12 
3 
37 
3 
11 
19 
13 
53 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
1 
1 
- 
- 
1 
- 
_ 
_ 
2 
6 
9 
8 
12 
11 
6 
30 
2 
4 
6 
9 
35 
3 
7 
5 
11 
27 
7 
11 
21 
5 
14 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
7 
2 
7 
3 
7 
39 
8 
6 
9 
4 
8 
1 
25 
3 
4 
8 
9 
- 
- 
- 
2 
3 
5 
1 
10 
15 
56 
1 
- 
1 
3 
18 
5 
14 
7 
7 
50 
_ 
1 
3 
4 
29 
2 
7 
11 
16 
132 
46 
60 
44 
34 
88 
2 
2 
6 
1 
24 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture 2014 OS - Certified and Exempt Organic Farm Data 197 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
