E-mail: nass-ny@nass.usda.gov
(518) 457-5570

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

Contact:  Keith Miller
Friday, February 5, 2010

www.nass.usda.gov/ny 
 


                   2008 Organic Production Survey 

 

The 2008 Organic Production Survey counted 827 USDA-certified or exempt
organic farms in the state of New York, according to Steve Ropel, Director
of USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service, New York Field Office.
Nationally, New York ranks fourth in the number of organic farms behind
California, Wisconsin, and Washington. Total area devoted to organic
production in New York totaled 168,428 acres.  Value of sales of organically
produced commodities in the state totaled $105.1 million, ranking seventh 
nationally and accounting for 3.3 percent of total U.S. organic sales. 


This survey, conducted as a follow-on to the 2007 Census of Agriculture,
is USDA’s first ever wide-scale survey of organic farming in the United States.
NASS collected data from operators of farms that were either USDA-certified
organic, were making the transition to organic production, or were exempt
from certification because of sales totaling less than $5,000. 


Complete results of the 2008 Organic Production Survey are available online
at www.agcensus.usda.gov/Publications/2007/Online_Highlights/Organics.
Tables are available in PDF, Text, and CSV files. For further information
or assistance, please call the New York office at 800-821- 1276 or send
an e-mail to: nass-ny@nass.usda.gov. 

 

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