USDA / National Agricultural Statistics Service, New England Field Office USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service New England Field Office 53 Pleasant St, Rm 2100 Concord, NH Telephone: Fax

USDA / National Agricultural Statistics Service, New England Field Office Number of Farms by County With Direct Market Sales 2007 Census of Agriculture

USDA / National Agricultural Statistics Service, New England Field Office US County Rankings Providence County, 50 th Value of Direct Market Sales 2007 Census of Agriculture $196,000 $412,000 $1,271,000 $3,270,000 $1,143,000

USDA / National Agricultural Statistics Service, New England Field Office New England States’ National Rankings Percentage of all Farms that have Direct Sales –New Hampshire, 1 st –Connecticut, 2 nd –Massachusetts, 4 th, –Vermont, 5 th –Maine, 6 th –Rhode Island, 7 th Direct Market Sales as a Percentage of all Farm Sales –Rhode Island, 1 st –Massachusetts, 2 nd –Connecticut, 4 th –New Hampshire, 3 rd –Vermont, 5 th –Maine, 7 th

USDA / National Agricultural Statistics Service, New England Field Office New England States’ National Rankings Average Direct Market Sales per farm –Connecticut, $27,072 per farm, 1 st –Massachusetts, $25,356 per farm, 2 nd –Rhode Island, $25,270 per farm, 3 rd –New Hampshire, $13,615 per farm, 5 th –Vermont, $15,541 per farm, 8th –Maine, $10,803 per farm, 12 th

USDA / National Agricultural Statistics Service, New England Field Office Source: 2007 Census of Agriculture

USDA / National Agricultural Statistics Service, New England Field Office

Percentage of Farms with Organic Sales, New England and U.S and 2007 Census of Agriculture

USDA / National Agricultural Statistics Service, New England Field Office Organic Sales as Percent of all Agricultural Sales, New England States and U. S., 2002 and 2007 Census of Agriculture

USDA / National Agricultural Statistics Service, New England Field Office Percentage of Farms with Women Principal Operators, New England States and U.S., 2002 and 2007 Census of Agriculture

USDA / National Agricultural Statistics Service, New England Field Office Total Rhode Island Cash Receipts = $67.5 million

USDA / National Agricultural Statistics Service, New England Field Office Rhode Island Agricultural Cash Receipts,

USDA / National Agricultural Statistics Service, New England Field Office 2008 Organic Production Survey Highlights, Rhode Island Total Organic Farms28 Organic Land Total205 acres Cropland174 acres Harvested Cropland159 acres Pasture31 acres Value of sales$1,117,000

USDA / National Agricultural Statistics Service, New England Field Office Selected Characteristics of Rhode Island Farm Principal, Second, and Third Operators All operators 1/ Principal operator Second operator Third operator Operators (number) 1,8721, Sex of operator \ Male 1, Sex of operator \ Female Primary occupation \ Farming Primary occupation \ Other Place of residence \ On farm operated 1, Place of residence \ Not on farm operated Sources: 2007 Census of Agriculture

USDA / National Agricultural Statistics Service, New England Field Office Selected Characteristics of Rhode Island Farm Principal, Second, and Third Operators Years on present farm All operators 1/ Principal operator Second operator Third operator 2 years or less or 4 years to 9 years years or more1, Sources: 2007 Census of Agriculture

USDA / National Agricultural Statistics Service, New England Field Office Selected Characteristics of Rhode Island Farm Principal, Second, and Third Operators Age group All operators 1/ Principal operator Second operator Third operator Under 25 years to 34 years to 44 years to 54 years to 64 years to 74 years years and over Average age Sources: 2007 Census of Agriculture

USDA / National Agricultural Statistics Service, New England Field Office Rhode Island Farms by Number of Households Sharing in Net Income of Farm, 2007 and household 1, households households households or more households 89 Sources: 2007 Census of Agriculture

USDA / National Agricultural Statistics Service, New England Field Office Rhode Island Farms by Share of Principal Operator's Total Household income from Farming Less than 25 percent to 49 percent to 74 percent to 99 percent percent 5173 Sources: 2007 Census of Agriculture

USDA / National Agricultural Statistics Service, New England Field Office Rhode Island Farms by Number of Persons Living in Operator's Household Number in HouseholdFarms 1 person people people people or more people 114 Sources: 2007 Census of Agriculture