Table 22. Marketing Practices - Certified and Exempt Organic Farms: 2014 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Kansas 
Kentucky 
Louisiana 
Maine 
Item 
Farms 
Percent 
of sales 
Farms 
Percent 
of sales 
Farms 
Percent 
of sales 
Farms 
Percent 
of sales 
SALES OUTLETS 
Consumer direct sales 
farms 
30 
11 
64 
17 
14 
8 
349 
13 
Direct-to-retai I/Institutions sales 
farms 
12 
4 
17 
9 
5 
2 
210 
25 
Wholesale market sales 
farms 
60 
85 
52 
74 
9 
90 
266 
62 
FIRST POINT OF SALES 
Locally (within 100 miles) 
Regionally (more than 100 miles but less 
farms 
53 
(D) 
89 
68 
19 
(D) 
423 
31 
than 500 miles) 
farms 
41 
48 
14 
26 
6 
89 
136 
35 
Nationally (500 miles or further) 
farms 
23 
32 
12 
6 
1 
(D) 
34 
14 
Internationally 
farms 
1 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
35 
20 
OTHER MARKETING INFORMATION 
Sold products through community supported 
agriculture (CSA) shares 
Acquired sufficient amount of organic 
farms 
6 
(X) 
13 
(X) 
3 
(X) 
126 
(X) 
seed 
Had adequate organic production inputs 
farms 
41 
(X) 
74 
(X) 
15 
(X) 
271 
(X) 
available 
farms 
64 
(X) 
89 
(X) 
12 
(X) 
361 
(X) 
Maryland 
Massachusetts 
Michigan 
Minnesota 
Item 
Farms 
Percent 
of sales 
Farms 
Percent 
of sales 
Farms 
Percent 
of sales 
Farms 
Percent 
of sales 
SALES OUTLETS 
Consumer direct sales 
farms 
87 
14 
134 
22 
142 
(D) 
159 
10 
Direct-to-retail/l nstitutions sales 
farms 
41 
4 
101 
13 
46 
(D) 
70 
4 
Wholesale market sales 
farms 
36 
82 
47 
65 
235 
75 
393 
86 
FIRST POINT OF SALES 
Locally (within 100 miles) 
Regionally (more than 100 miles but less 
farms 
111 
42 
172 
51 
285 
24 
397 
48 
than 500 miles) 
farms 
24 
56 
23 
41 
96 
63 
207 
42 
Nationally (500 miles or further) 
farms 
3 
(D) 
12 
8 
40 
12 
43 
(D) 
Internationally 
farms 
1 
(D) 
- 
- 
10 
1 
1 
(D) 
OTHER MARKETING INFORMATION 
Sold products through community supported 
agriculture (CSA) shares 
Acquired sufficient amount of organic 
farms 
29 
(X) 
53 
(X) 
36 
(X) 
28 
(X) 
seed 
Had adequate organic production inputs 
farms 
83 
(X) 
115 
(X) 
245 
(X) 
378 
(X) 
available 
farms 
96 
(X) 
149 
(X) 
265 
(X) 
422 
(X) 
-continued 
214 2014 OS - Certified and Exempt Organic Farm Data 
2012 Census of Agriculture 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
