1. 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 03301 Telephone: 603-224-9639 800-642-9571 Fax 603-225-1434 www.nass.usda.gov/nh

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

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

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

7. USDA / National Agricultural Statistics Service, New England Field Office

8. Percentage of Farms with Organic Sales, New England and U.S. 2002 and 2007 Census of Agriculture

9. 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

10. 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

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

12. USDA / National Agricultural Statistics Service, New England Field Office Rhode Island Agricultural Cash Receipts, 2000-2008

13. 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

14. 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) 1,8721,219549104 Sex of operator \ Male 1,21392222566 Sex of operator \ Female 65929732438 Primary occupation \ Farming 89862123641 Primary occupation \ Other 97459831363 Place of residence \ On farm operated 1,44397241358 Place of residence \ Not on farm operated 42924713646 Sources: 2007 Census of Agriculture

15. 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 less10356398 3 or 4 years12173426 5 to 9 years31517211627 10 years or more1,33391835263 Sources: 2007 Census of Agriculture

16. 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 years255119 25 to 34 years114524913 35 to 44 years30217310920 45 to 54 years54533617534 55 to 64 years46931014019 65 to 74 years282236424 75 years and over135107235 Average age54.156.350.646.7 Sources: 2007 Census of Agriculture

17. USDA / National Agricultural Statistics Service, New England Field Office Rhode Island Farms by Number of Households Sharing in Net Income of Farm, 2007 and 2002 20072002 1 household 1,005702 2 households 13575 3 households 5620 4 households 158 5 or more households 89 Sources: 2007 Census of Agriculture

18. USDA / National Agricultural Statistics Service, New England Field Office Rhode Island Farms by Share of Principal Operator's Total Household income from Farming 20072002 Less than 25 percent 907534 25 to 49 percent 10894 50 to 74 percent 9073 75 to 99 percent 6340 100 percent 5173 Sources: 2007 Census of Agriculture

19. 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 162 2 people 515 3 people 229 4 people 199 5 or more people 114 Sources: 2007 Census of Agriculture