Number of Certified Organic Farms in the U.S., 2001-2008

Year

Spending

2001

6231

2002

6574

2003

7237

2004

7211

2005

7701

2006

8581

2007

10302

2008

11796

Source: Statistical Abstract of the U.S., 2011, p. 537.

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