Table 22. Marketing Practices - Certified and Exempt Organic Farms: 2014 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
SALES OUTLETS 
Consumer direct sales 
Direct-to-retail/lnstitutions sales 
Wholesale market sales 
FIRST POINT OF SALES 
Locally (within 100 miles) 
Regionally (more than 100 miles but less 
than 500 miles) 
Nationally (500 miles or further) 
Internationally 
OTHER MARKETING INFORMATION 
Sold products through community supported 
agriculture (CSA) shares 
Acquired sufficient amount of organic 
seed 
Had adequate organic production inputs 
available 
Item 
SALES OUTLETS 
Consumer direct sales 
Direct-to-retail/lnstitutions sales 
Wholesale market sales 
FIRST POINT OF SALES 
Locally (within 100 miles) 
Regionally (more than 100 miles but less 
than 500 miles) 
Nationally (500 miles or further) 
Internationally 
OTHER MARKETING INFORMATION 
Sold products through community supported 
agriculture (CSA) shares 
Acquired sufficient amount of organic 
seed 
Had adequate organic production inputs 
available 
United States 
Alabama 
Alaska 
Arizona 
Farms 
Percent 
of sales 
Farms 
Percent 
of sales 
Farms 
Percent 
of sales 
Farms 
Percent 
of sales 
farms 
6,382 
8 
28 
62 
17 
89 
23 
2 
farms 
3,502 
14 
3 
(D) 
10 
(D) 
21 
1 
farms 
8,939 
78 
4 
(D) 
1 
(D) 
34 
97 
farms 
11,210 
46 
28 
68 
17 
98 
43 
30 
farms 
4,714 
34 
4 
32 
4 
2 
14 
41 
farms 
1,895 
18 
- 
- 
- 
- 
15 
26 
farms 
392 
2 
3 
3 
farms 
1,495 
(X) 
2 
(X) 
5 
(X) 
13 
(X) 
farms 
8,393 
(X) 
18 
(X) 
16 
(X) 
34 
(X) 
farms 
10,962 
(X) 
14 
(X) 
14 
(X) 
42 
(X) 
Arkansas 
California 
Colorado 
Connecticut 
Farms 
Percent 
of sales 
Farms 
Percent 
of sales 
Farms 
Percent 
of sales 
Farms 
Percent 
of sales 
farms 
25 
(D) 
997 
5 
70 
4 
105 
64 
farms 
24 
3 
955 
23 
52 
4 
48 
8 
farms 
12 
(D) 
1,816 
72 
113 
92 
20 
28 
farms 
33 
(D) 
2,308 
48 
117 
75 
122 
93 
farms 
4 
(D) 
929 
28 
61 
18 
7 
7 
farms 
1 
(D) 
597 
22 
32 
(D) 
3 
(Z) 
farms 
163 
2 
1 
(D) 
farms 
12 
(X) 
196 
(X) 
21 
(X) 
39 
(X) 
farms 
18 
(X) 
1,133 
(X) 
74 
(X) 
84 
(X) 
farms 
19 
(X) 
2,036 
(X) 
120 
(X) 
97 
(X) 
-continued 
212 2014 OS - Certified and Exempt Organic Farm Data 
2012 Census of Agriculture 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
