Table 75. Marketing Practices - Exempt Organic Farms: 2014 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
United States 
Alabama 
Alaska 
Arizona 
Item 
Farms 
Percent 
of sales 
Farms 
Percent 
of sales 
Farms 
Percent 
of sales 
Farms 
Percent 
of sales 
SALES OUTLETS 
Consumer direct sales 
farms 
1,238 
77 
13 
100 
10 
89 
_ 
_ 
Direct-to-retail/lnstitutions sales 
farms 
362 
12 
- 
- 
4 
11 
- 
- 
Wholesale market sales 
farms 
189 
11 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
FIRST POINT OF SALES 
Locally (within 100 miles) 
Regionally (more than 100 miles but less 
farms 
1,440 
96 
13 
100 
10 
(D) 
- 
- 
than 500 miles) 
farms 
84 
3 
- 
- 
2 
(D) 
- 
- 
Nationally (500 miles or further) 
farms 
32 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Internationally 
farms 
4 
(Z) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
OTHER MARKETING INFORMATION 
Sold products through community supported 
agriculture (CSA) shares 
Acquired sufficient amount of organic 
farms 
134 
(X) 
2 
(X) 
2 
(X) 
(X) 
seed 
Had adequate organic production inputs 
farms 
956 
(X) 
11 
(X) 
10 
(X) 
(X) 
available 
farms 
1,133 
(X) 
5 
(X) 
8 
(X) 
- 
(X) 
Arkansas 
California 
Colorado 
Connecticut 
Item 
Farms 
Percent 
of sales 
Farms 
Percent 
of sales 
Farms 
Percent 
of sales 
Farms 
Percent 
of sales 
SALES OUTLETS 
Consumer direct sales 
farms 
7 
72 
127 
65 
21 
46 
32 
70 
Direct-to-retail/lnstitutions sales 
farms 
5 
28 
58 
25 
9 
12 
13 
15 
Wholesale market sales 
farms 
- 
- 
29 
10 
3 
42 
4 
15 
FIRST POINT OF SALES 
Locally (within 100 miles) 
Regionally (more than 100 miles but less 
farms 
8 
100 
166 
93 
23 
100 
44 
100 
than 500 miles) 
farms 
- 
- 
16 
4 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Nationally (500 miles or further) 
farms 
- 
- 
9 
3 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Internationally 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
OTHER MARKETING INFORMATION 
Sold products through community supported 
agriculture (CSA) shares 
Acquired sufficient amount of organic 
farms 
” 
(X) 
9 
(X) 
3 
(X) 
7 
(X) 
seed 
Had adequate organic production inputs 
farms 
4 
(X) 
72 
(X) 
20 
(X) 
29 
(X) 
available 
farms 
5 
(X) 
130 
(X) 
23 
(X) 
37 
(X) 
--continued 
528 2014 OS - Exempt Organic Farm Data 
2012 Census of Agriculture 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
