Category Archives: census of agriculture

updated statistics on beginning farmers

Posted on February 16, 2013 by admin

The Economic Research Service recently published a brief with updated statistics on beginning farmers, defined as those who have been farming (on their current farm) for less than 10 years.  The data forming the foundation of the report are from … Continue reading →

Posted in beginning farmers, census of agriculture, USDA | 1 Comment

more on certified organic farms

Posted on December 5, 2012 by admin

The organic regulation specifies that, once a year, the certifiers report the list of farms/handlers that are certified. The NOP publicizes this list of farms and handlers in a nifty searchable database, posted on the NOP’s website. As of January … Continue reading →

Posted in census of agriculture, organic food, USDA | Leave a comment

changes in the organic farm sector

Posted on December 1, 2012 by admin

While searching for some data, I found the latest release of USDA’s Organic Production Survey. The new data – for 2011 – is the second year of NASS’s targeting organic producers in the United States. I feel a bit sheepish … Continue reading →

Posted in census of agriculture, organic food | 6 Comments

census data findings about urban agriculture in NY

Posted on November 1, 2012 by admin

My student, Stephanie Rogus, has been diligently working to extract data from the agricultural census for each county in the top 50 MSA’s in the U.S. (largest in terms of population size). I have spent this morning aggregating her county … Continue reading →

Posted in census of agriculture, NY, urban agriculture | Leave a comment

more on young farmers

Posted on January 4, 2012 by admin

While I love working with data, I hate making sure I am matching “apples to apples” and not “apples to kumquats.” Another tricky aspect is making sure that I am using the best data to investigate my question. Adding to … Continue reading →

Posted in beginning farmers, census of agriculture | 2 Comments