All U.S. farms and ranches certified for meeting the standards of the National Organic Program (NOP) administered by the USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS)**
Method of interview
Email survey
Supplementary notes
The survey does not provide any information about the age of respondents.
* The sample count displays the number of records from the mail list that had certified organic production in 2021 or whose operational status was unknown. The mail list included 26,407 operations that met the criteria and the response rate for the U.S. was 42.6% (n=16,589)
** Only operations certified by an AMS approved agent were included in the 2019 survey.
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Organic farming in the U.S.: number of operated certified farms 2021, by type
The statistic shows the results of a survey conducted in 2021 among certified U.S. farms and ranches. The results indicate, that * thousand certified organic farms in operation operated cropland in 2021.
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U.S. Department of Agriculture, & Economic Research Service. (December 15, 2022). Number of operated certified organic farms in the United States in 2021, by type [Graph]. In ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Retrieved July 30, 2026, from /statistics/668925/operated-certified-organic-farms-us-by-type/
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