Table 48. Marketing Practices - Certified 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 
5,144 
8 
15 
61 
7 
89 
23 
2 
.farms 
3,140 
14 
3 
(D) 
6 
(D) 
21 
1 
.farms 
8,750 
78 
4 
(D) 
1 
(D) 
34 
97 
.farms 
9,770 
46 
15 
66 
7 
(D) 
43 
30 
.farms 
4,630 
34 
4 
34 
2 
(D) 
14 
41 
.farms 
1,863 
18 
- 
- 
- 
15 
26 
.farms 
388 
2 
3 
3 
.farms 
1,361 
(X) 
- 
(X) 
3 
(X) 
13 
(X) 
.farms 
7,437 
(X) 
7 
(X) 
6 
(X) 
34 
(X) 
.farms 
9,829 
(X) 
9 
(X) 
6 
(X) 
42 
(X) 
Arkansas 
California 
Colorado 
Connecticut 
Farms 
Percent 
of sales 
Farms 
Percent 
of sales 
Farms 
Percent 
of sales 
Farms 
Percent 
of sales 
.farms 
18 
(D) 
870 
5 
49 
4 
73 
64 
.farms 
19 
3 
897 
23 
43 
4 
35 
8 
.farms 
12 
(D) 
1,787 
72 
110 
92 
16 
28 
.farms 
25 
(D) 
2,142 
48 
94 
75 
78 
93 
.farms 
4 
(D) 
913 
28 
61 
18 
7 
7 
.farms 
1 
(D) 
588 
22 
32 
(D) 
3 
(Z) 
.farms 
163 
2 
1 
(D) 
.farms 
12 
(X) 
187 
(X) 
18 
(X) 
32 
(X) 
.farms 
14 
(X) 
1,061 
(X) 
54 
(X) 
55 
(X) 
.farms 
14 
(X) 
1,906 
(X) 
97 
(X) 
60 
(X) 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
2014 OS - Certified Organic Farm Data 409 
