U.S. Certified Organic Agricultural Production Up 23 Percent in 2016

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2016 Sales of U.S. Certified Organic Agricultural Production Up 23 Percent from Previous Year
USDA – NASS

California continues to lead in certified farms, acres, sales

Sales of organic agricultural production continued to increase in 2016, when U.S. farms produced and sold $7.6 billion in certified organic commodities, according to data released today by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS). Results of the 2016 Certified Organic Survey show that 2016 sales were up 23 percent from $6.2 billion in 2015. During the same year, the number of certified organic farms in the country increased 11 percent to 14,217, and the number of certified acres increased 15 percent to 5.0 million.

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