According to the USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service’s 2014 Organic Survey, organic farms sold $5.5 billion in organic products in 2014, which shows a 72 per cent increase from 2008.
The top five products with the most sales in 2014 were: milk ($1.08 billion), eggs ($420 million), broiler chickens ($372 million), lettuce ($264 million) and apples ($250 million).
Livestock and poultry was the fastest growing category and saw sales increase 108 per cent to $700 million in 2014 while crop sales grew 69 per cent to $3.3 billion.
“Producers reported in the 2014 Organic Survey that they expect to expand U.S. organic production in the coming years, making the data even more important for policy and programs. These results will assist with the development of appropriate risk management programs designed to help organic producers,” NASS Administrator Joseph T. Reilly said in a press release. “The report also shows that organic producers are providing a wide variety of products to customers and are getting those items from farm to table more efficiently.”
