A detailed look at the state of agriculture in the U.S. and the strides made in regenerative farming. FARMING by the NUMBERS
1.89 m NUMBER OF FARMS
879 m ACRES BEING FARMED
17,445
4.9M
CERTIFIED-ORGANIC FARMS
ACRES THAT ARE CERTIFIED ORGANIC
by Cassandra Marketos
AVERAGE SIZE OF A FARM 464 ACRES
3.37 m FARM PRODUCERS *
2.9 m FARMWORKERS
63% BORN IN MEXICO
70% BORN OUTSIDE OF THE U.S.
95% IDENTIFY AS WHITE
33% IDENTIFY AS WHITE
30% LESS THAN 10 YEARS OF FARMING EXPERIENCE
10% IDENTIFY AS INDIGENOUS
36% IDENTIFY AS FEMALE
1.2% IDENTIFY AS BLACK
* 58.1 YEARS AVERAGE AGE
1,775 FARMERS’ MARKETS
7% AVG. GROWTH PER YEAR
426.91 ppm LEVELS OF ATMOSPHERIC CARBON
49% INCREASE SINCE THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
26% GLOBAL GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS CAUSED
BY CONVENTIONAL FARMING METHODS
1994
2019
40% VENDORS SELLING “IMPERFECT PRODUCT” THAT WOULDN’T BE FOUND IN MAINSTREAM GROCERS
60 m METRIC TONS OF CARBON DIOXIDE ESTIMATED TO BE SEQUESTERED BY THE USDA’S NEW PARTNERSHIPS FOR CLIMATE-SMART COMMODITIES
14.9 m HOUSEHOLDS WITH ACCESS TO MUNICIPAL FOOD WASTE COLLECTION
90% PERCENTAGE OF OUR OCEANS THAT EXPERIENCED HEATWAVE CONDITIONS AT SOME POINT
38% PERCENTAGE OF FOOD THAT IS NEVER SOLD OR EATEN
SOURCES: Farms and Land in Farms, 2023 Summary, USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service (February 2024) • 2021 Organic Survey, USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service (December 2022) • 2022 Census of Agriculture, USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service (February 2024) • 2017 Agricultural Worker Population Estimates, National Center for Farmworker Health • National Agricultural Workers Survey 2019–2020 • 2019 National Farmers Market Manager Survey, USDA Agricultural Marketing Service and National Agricultural Statistics Service • 2023 BioCycle Nationwide Survey on Residential Food Waste Collection Access • Achieving Zero Food Waste, A State Policy Toolkit (May 2023), Zero Food Waste Coalition • Reducing food’s environmental impacts through producers and consumers, Joseph Poore, Thomas Nemecek, Science • Climate trends, U.S. Global Change Research Program, Fifth National Climate Assessment • Trends in Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide, Earth System Research Laboratories, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (June 2024) • USDA Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities • State of the Global Climate 2023, World Meteorological Organization
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