{"id":13700,"date":"2018-12-06T12:11:07","date_gmt":"2018-12-06T15:11:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lawnstarter.com\/blog\/?p=13700"},"modified":"2025-10-24T05:16:43","modified_gmt":"2025-10-24T08:16:43","slug":"farmers-dozen-the-12-states-with-the-most-organic-farms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lawnstarter.com\/blog\/state-rankings\/farmers-dozen-the-12-states-with-the-most-organic-farms\/","title":{"rendered":"Farmer\u2019s Dozen: The 12 States With the Most Organic Farms"},"content":{"rendered":"

Written by John Egan<\/em><\/p>

With a nickname like the Green Mountain State, it\u2019s fitting that Vermont has cultivated a sizable presence in organic farming.<\/p>

A LawnStarter review of data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) shows Vermont leads the country for the number of organic-certified farms per 100,000 residents. The state had 556 organic-certified farms in 2016, or 89 per 100,000 residents, making it the country\u2019s runaway winner when comparing a state\u2019s number of organic farms with the state\u2019s 2016 population.<\/p>

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Organic Farm in California<\/figcaption><\/figure>

In terms of sheer number of organic-certified farms, California is No. 1. According to USDA, the Golden State had 2,713 farms in that category in 2016, or 6.9 per 100,000 residents.<\/p>

Michael Colby, executive director of Regeneration Vermont, a nonprofit advocacy group that promotes sustainable farming, says that despite those numbers, nonorganic agriculture still dominates the state.<\/p>

\u201cMore than 80 percent of Vermont\u2019s agriculture is centered in nonorganic dairying, and the number of organic dairy farms has remained stagnant \u2014 around 200 \u2014 for many years,\u201d Colby says. \u201cAs a percentage of the whole dairy industry, organic dairies are rising, but that\u2019s exclusively due to the high rate of conventional dairies that are going out of business.\u201d<\/p>

Ben & Jerry\u2019s and Cabot Creamery are two of the biggest players in Vermont\u2019s dairy industry. In a year\u2019s time, the state produces more than $500 million worth of milk.<\/p>

Dairy farming ranks as the No. 1 economic driver in Vermont\u2019s organic agriculture sector, but production of organic fruits and vegetables also is popular, Colby says. He attributes that, at least in part, to the state\u2019s higher-than-average number of small-scale \u201cboutique\u201d fruit and vegetable farmers.<\/p>

Colby\u2019s group is pressing for adoption of a statewide plan that would shift Vermont\u2019s dairy industry entirely to organic.<\/p>

\u201cThis transition is necessary because of the severe economic, environmental and animal welfare threats of conventional dairying,\u201d he says. \u201cThis transition would dramatically reduce the number of cows and the land used to grow the GMO corn fed to conventional dairy cows, thus freeing up land and resources to diversify our agricultural crops and products and, hopefully, putting an emphasis on local and regional consumption.\u201d<\/p>

Jane Johnson is founder of farm insurance comparison site Farmer Jane<\/a> , adds “Vermont is consistently among the highest in terms of demand for insurance.”<\/p>

Based on LawnStarter\u2019s analysis of USDA and U.S. Census Bureau data from 2016, here are the 12 states where organic-certified farms are most prevalent (on a per-person basis).<\/p>

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1. Vermont<\/strong><\/h3>

Number of organic farms:<\/strong> 556
Population:<\/strong> 624,594
Organic farms per 100,000 residents:<\/strong> 89.02<\/p>

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2. Maine<\/strong><\/h3>

Number of organic farms:<\/strong> 494
Population:<\/strong> 1,331,479
Organic farms per 100,000 residents:<\/strong> 37.10<\/p>

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3. Iowa<\/h3>

Number of organic farms:<\/strong> 732
Population:<\/strong> 3,134,693
Organic farms per 100,000 residents:<\/strong> 23.35<\/p>

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4. Wisconsin<\/h3>

Number of organic farms:<\/strong> 1,276
Population:<\/strong> 5,778,708
Organic farms per 100,000 residents:<\/strong> 22.08<\/p>

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5. North Dakota<\/h3>

Number of organic farms:<\/strong> 114
Population:<\/strong> 757,952
Organic farms per 100,000 residents:<\/strong> 15.04<\/p>

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6. Montana<\/h3>

Number of organic farms:<\/strong> 156
Population:<\/strong> 1,042,520
Organic farms per 100,000 residents:<\/strong> 14.96<\/p>

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7. Oregon<\/h3>

Number of organic farms:<\/strong> 461
Population:<\/strong> 4,093,465
Organic farms per 100,000 residents:<\/strong> 11.26<\/p>

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8. South Dakota<\/h3>

Number of organic farms:<\/strong> 86
Population:<\/strong> 865,454
Organic farms per 100,000 residents:<\/strong> 9.94<\/p>

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9. Minnesota<\/h3>

Number of organic farms:<\/strong> 545
Population:<\/strong> 5,519,952
Organic farms per 100,000 residents:<\/strong> 9.87<\/p>

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10. Idaho<\/h3>

Number of organic farms:<\/strong> 166
Population:<\/strong> 1,683,140
Organic farms per 100,000 residents:<\/strong> 9.86<\/p>

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11. Washington<\/h3>

Number of organic farms:<\/strong> 677
Population:<\/strong> 7,288,000
Organic farms per 100,000 residents:<\/strong> 9.29<\/p>

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12. Nebraska<\/h3>

Number of organic farms:<\/strong> 162
Population:<\/strong> 1,907,116
Organic farms per 100,000 residents:<\/strong> 8.49<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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