{"id":10643,"date":"2016-04-04T13:46:16","date_gmt":"2016-04-04T20:46:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/?p=10643"},"modified":"2016-04-04T13:46:16","modified_gmt":"2016-04-04T20:46:16","slug":"usda-announces-record-growth-in-organic-producers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/index.php\/2016\/04\/04\/usda-announces-record-growth-in-organic-producers\/","title":{"rendered":"USDA announces record growth in organic producers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/USDA-organic.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-10644\" src=\"http:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/USDA-organic.png\" alt=\"USDA organic\" width=\"225\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/USDA-organic.png 225w, https:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/USDA-organic-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced a significant increase in the number of certified organic operations, continuing the trend of double digit growth in the organic sector. According to new data, there are now 21,781 certified organic operations in the United States and 31,160 around the world.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Organic food is one of the fasting growing segments of American agriculture,&#8221; said Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack. &#8220;As consumer demand for organic products continues to grow, the USDA organic seal has become a leading global standard. The increasing number of organic operations shows that USDA&#8217;s strong support for the vibrant organic sector is helping to create jobs and opportunities in rural communities.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>According to data released by the Agricultural Marketing Service&#8217;s (AMS) National Organic Program (NOP), the number of domestic certified organic operations increased by almost 12 percent between 2014 and 2015, representing the highest growth rate since 2008 and an increase of nearly 300 percent since the count began in 2002. The total retail market for organic products is now valued at more than $39 billion in the United States and over $75 billion worldwide.<\/p>\n<p>Along with consumer demand for organics, increasingly they are asking for local foods. Under Secretary Vilsack, USDA has supported providing consumers a stronger connection to their food with more than $1 billion in investments to over 40,000 local and regional food businesses and infrastructure projects since between 2009. Industry data estimates that U.S. local food sales totaled at least $12 billion in 2014, up from $5 billion in 2008. More information on how USDA investments are connecting producers with consumers and expanding rural economic opportunities is available in <a title=\"External link or third-party site, opens in new window.\" href=\"http:\/\/links.govdelivery.com:80\/track?type=click&amp;enid=ZWFzPTEmbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTYwNDA0LjU3MzEwNzYxJm1lc3NhZ2VpZD1NREItUFJELUJVTC0yMDE2MDQwNC41NzMxMDc2MSZkYXRhYmFzZWlkPTEwMDEmc2VyaWFsPTE3NjU5ODUzJmVtYWlsaWQ9c2x5bGVAY2RmYS5jYS5nb3YmdXNlcmlkPXNseWxlQGNkZmEuY2EuZ292JmZsPSZleHRyYT1NdWx0aXZhcmlhdGVJZD0mJiY=&amp;&amp;&amp;101&amp;&amp;&amp;https:\/\/medium.com\/usda-results\/new-markets-new-opportunities-strengthening-local-food-systems-and-organic-agriculture-17b529c5ea90#.vznyam3s3\" target=\"extWindow\">Chapter IV<\/a> of <a title=\"External link or third-party site, opens in new window.\" href=\"http:\/\/links.govdelivery.com:80\/track?type=click&amp;enid=ZWFzPTEmbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTYwNDA0LjU3MzEwNzYxJm1lc3NhZ2VpZD1NREItUFJELUJVTC0yMDE2MDQwNC41NzMxMDc2MSZkYXRhYmFzZWlkPTEwMDEmc2VyaWFsPTE3NjU5ODUzJmVtYWlsaWQ9c2x5bGVAY2RmYS5jYS5nb3YmdXNlcmlkPXNseWxlQGNkZmEuY2EuZ292JmZsPSZleHRyYT1NdWx0aXZhcmlhdGVJZD0mJiY=&amp;&amp;&amp;102&amp;&amp;&amp;https:\/\/medium.com\/usda-results\" target=\"extWindow\">USDA Results on Medium<\/a> published today.<\/p>\n<p>USDA has also established a number of resources to help organics producers find technical and financial resources to help them grow domestically and abroad. The site <a href=\"http:\/\/links.govdelivery.com:80\/track?type=click&amp;enid=ZWFzPTEmbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTYwNDA0LjU3MzEwNzYxJm1lc3NhZ2VpZD1NREItUFJELUJVTC0yMDE2MDQwNC41NzMxMDc2MSZkYXRhYmFzZWlkPTEwMDEmc2VyaWFsPTE3NjU5ODUzJmVtYWlsaWQ9c2x5bGVAY2RmYS5jYS5nb3YmdXNlcmlkPXNseWxlQGNkZmEuY2EuZ292JmZsPSZleHRyYT1NdWx0aXZhcmlhdGVJZD0mJiY=&amp;&amp;&amp;103&amp;&amp;&amp;http:\/\/www.usda.gov\/organic\">www.usda.gov\/organic<\/a> creates a one-stop-shop for operators, and USDA has made market and pricing information for approximately 250 organic products available free of charge through USDA&#8217;s Market News. In 2015, USDA made more than $11.5 million available to assist organic operations with their certification costs.<\/p>\n<p>The data announced today are publicly available as part of the recently launched <a title=\"Opens in new window.\" href=\"http:\/\/links.govdelivery.com:80\/track?type=click&amp;enid=ZWFzPTEmbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTYwNDA0LjU3MzEwNzYxJm1lc3NhZ2VpZD1NREItUFJELUJVTC0yMDE2MDQwNC41NzMxMDc2MSZkYXRhYmFzZWlkPTEwMDEmc2VyaWFsPTE3NjU5ODUzJmVtYWlsaWQ9c2x5bGVAY2RmYS5jYS5nb3YmdXNlcmlkPXNseWxlQGNkZmEuY2EuZ292JmZsPSZleHRyYT1NdWx0aXZhcmlhdGVJZD0mJiY=&amp;&amp;&amp;104&amp;&amp;&amp;https:\/\/apps.ams.usda.gov\/integrity\/\" target=\"extWindow\">Organic Integrity Database<\/a>, a modernized system for tracking certified organic operations. \u00a0Additional information about USDA resources and support for the organic sector is available on the <a href=\"http:\/\/links.govdelivery.com:80\/track?type=click&amp;enid=ZWFzPTEmbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTYwNDA0LjU3MzEwNzYxJm1lc3NhZ2VpZD1NREItUFJELUJVTC0yMDE2MDQwNC41NzMxMDc2MSZkYXRhYmFzZWlkPTEwMDEmc2VyaWFsPTE3NjU5ODUzJmVtYWlsaWQ9c2x5bGVAY2RmYS5jYS5nb3YmdXNlcmlkPXNseWxlQGNkZmEuY2EuZ292JmZsPSZleHRyYT1NdWx0aXZhcmlhdGVJZD0mJiY=&amp;&amp;&amp;105&amp;&amp;&amp;http:\/\/www.usda.gov\/organic\">USDA Organics Resource page<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/content.govdelivery.com\/accounts\/USDAOC\/bulletins\/141051b\">Link to entire news release<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced a significant increase in the number of certified organic operations, continuing the trend of double digit growth in the organic sector. According to new data, there are now 21,781 certified organic operations &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/index.php\/2016\/04\/04\/usda-announces-record-growth-in-organic-producers\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10643","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\r\n<title>USDA announces record growth in organic producers - CDFA&#039;s Planting Seeds Blog<\/title>\r\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\r\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/index.php\/2016\/04\/04\/usda-announces-record-growth-in-organic-producers\/\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"USDA announces record growth in organic producers - CDFA&#039;s Planting Seeds Blog\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced a significant increase in the number of certified organic operations, continuing the trend of double digit growth in the organic sector. According to new data, there are now 21,781 certified organic operations &hellip; Continue reading &rarr;\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/index.php\/2016\/04\/04\/usda-announces-record-growth-in-organic-producers\/\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"CDFA&#039;s Planting Seeds Blog\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2016-04-04T20:46:16+00:00\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/USDA-organic.png\" \/>\r\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"225\" \/>\r\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"225\" \/>\r\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Office of Public Affairs\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Office of Public Affairs\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\r\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\\\/wordpress\\\/index.php\\\/2016\\\/04\\\/04\\\/usda-announces-record-growth-in-organic-producers\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\\\/wordpress\\\/index.php\\\/2016\\\/04\\\/04\\\/usda-announces-record-growth-in-organic-producers\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Office of Public Affairs\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\\\/wordpress\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/abce383c670223ef4f55f3f21f102e76\"},\"headline\":\"USDA announces record growth in organic producers\",\"datePublished\":\"2016-04-04T20:46:16+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\\\/wordpress\\\/index.php\\\/2016\\\/04\\\/04\\\/usda-announces-record-growth-in-organic-producers\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":395,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\\\/wordpress\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\\\/wordpress\\\/index.php\\\/2016\\\/04\\\/04\\\/usda-announces-record-growth-in-organic-producers\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\\\/\\\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\\\/wordpress\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2016\\\/04\\\/USDA-organic.png\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\\\/wordpress\\\/index.php\\\/2016\\\/04\\\/04\\\/usda-announces-record-growth-in-organic-producers\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\\\/wordpress\\\/index.php\\\/2016\\\/04\\\/04\\\/usda-announces-record-growth-in-organic-producers\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\\\/wordpress\\\/index.php\\\/2016\\\/04\\\/04\\\/usda-announces-record-growth-in-organic-producers\\\/\",\"name\":\"USDA announces record growth in organic producers - CDFA&#039;s Planting Seeds Blog\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\\\/wordpress\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\\\/wordpress\\\/index.php\\\/2016\\\/04\\\/04\\\/usda-announces-record-growth-in-organic-producers\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\\\/wordpress\\\/index.php\\\/2016\\\/04\\\/04\\\/usda-announces-record-growth-in-organic-producers\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\\\/\\\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\\\/wordpress\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2016\\\/04\\\/USDA-organic.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2016-04-04T20:46:16+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\\\/wordpress\\\/index.php\\\/2016\\\/04\\\/04\\\/usda-announces-record-growth-in-organic-producers\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\\\/wordpress\\\/index.php\\\/2016\\\/04\\\/04\\\/usda-announces-record-growth-in-organic-producers\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\\\/wordpress\\\/index.php\\\/2016\\\/04\\\/04\\\/usda-announces-record-growth-in-organic-producers\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\\\/wordpress\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2016\\\/04\\\/USDA-organic.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"http:\\\/\\\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\\\/wordpress\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2016\\\/04\\\/USDA-organic.png\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\\\/wordpress\\\/index.php\\\/2016\\\/04\\\/04\\\/usda-announces-record-growth-in-organic-producers\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\\\/wordpress\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"USDA announces record growth in organic producers\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\\\/wordpress\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\\\/wordpress\\\/\",\"name\":\"CDFA's Planting Seeds Blog\",\"description\":\"Making California a better place to live because of what we grow and how we grow it.\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\\\/wordpress\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\\\/wordpress\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\\\/wordpress\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"CDFA's Planting Seeds Blog\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\\\/wordpress\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\\\/wordpress\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\\\/wordpress\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/02\\\/CDFA-logo-horizontal-hi-res-scaled.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\\\/wordpress\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/02\\\/CDFA-logo-horizontal-hi-res-scaled.jpg\",\"width\":2560,\"height\":585,\"caption\":\"CDFA's Planting Seeds Blog\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\\\/wordpress\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\\\/wordpress\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/abce383c670223ef4f55f3f21f102e76\",\"name\":\"Office of Public Affairs\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\\\/wordpress\\\/index.php\\\/author\\\/publicaffairs\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\r\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"USDA announces record growth in organic producers - CDFA&#039;s Planting Seeds Blog","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/index.php\/2016\/04\/04\/usda-announces-record-growth-in-organic-producers\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"USDA announces record growth in organic producers - CDFA&#039;s Planting Seeds Blog","og_description":"The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced a significant increase in the number of certified organic operations, continuing the trend of double digit growth in the organic sector. According to new data, there are now 21,781 certified organic operations &hellip; Continue reading &rarr;","og_url":"https:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/index.php\/2016\/04\/04\/usda-announces-record-growth-in-organic-producers\/","og_site_name":"CDFA&#039;s Planting Seeds Blog","article_published_time":"2016-04-04T20:46:16+00:00","og_image":[{"width":225,"height":225,"url":"https:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/USDA-organic.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"Office of Public Affairs","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Office of Public Affairs","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/index.php\/2016\/04\/04\/usda-announces-record-growth-in-organic-producers\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/index.php\/2016\/04\/04\/usda-announces-record-growth-in-organic-producers\/"},"author":{"name":"Office of Public Affairs","@id":"https:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/#\/schema\/person\/abce383c670223ef4f55f3f21f102e76"},"headline":"USDA announces record growth in organic producers","datePublished":"2016-04-04T20:46:16+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/index.php\/2016\/04\/04\/usda-announces-record-growth-in-organic-producers\/"},"wordCount":395,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/index.php\/2016\/04\/04\/usda-announces-record-growth-in-organic-producers\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/USDA-organic.png","inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/index.php\/2016\/04\/04\/usda-announces-record-growth-in-organic-producers\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/index.php\/2016\/04\/04\/usda-announces-record-growth-in-organic-producers\/","url":"https:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/index.php\/2016\/04\/04\/usda-announces-record-growth-in-organic-producers\/","name":"USDA announces record growth in organic producers - CDFA&#039;s Planting Seeds Blog","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/index.php\/2016\/04\/04\/usda-announces-record-growth-in-organic-producers\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/index.php\/2016\/04\/04\/usda-announces-record-growth-in-organic-producers\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/USDA-organic.png","datePublished":"2016-04-04T20:46:16+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/index.php\/2016\/04\/04\/usda-announces-record-growth-in-organic-producers\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/index.php\/2016\/04\/04\/usda-announces-record-growth-in-organic-producers\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/index.php\/2016\/04\/04\/usda-announces-record-growth-in-organic-producers\/#primaryimage","url":"http:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/USDA-organic.png","contentUrl":"http:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/USDA-organic.png"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/index.php\/2016\/04\/04\/usda-announces-record-growth-in-organic-producers\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"USDA announces record growth in organic producers"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/#website","url":"https:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/","name":"CDFA's Planting Seeds Blog","description":"Making California a better place to live because of what we grow and how we grow it.","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/#organization","name":"CDFA's Planting Seeds Blog","url":"https:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/CDFA-logo-horizontal-hi-res-scaled.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/CDFA-logo-horizontal-hi-res-scaled.jpg","width":2560,"height":585,"caption":"CDFA's Planting Seeds Blog"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/#\/schema\/person\/abce383c670223ef4f55f3f21f102e76","name":"Office of Public Affairs","url":"https:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/index.php\/author\/publicaffairs\/"}]}},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2eYDv-2LF","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10643","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10643"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10643\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10645,"href":"https:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10643\/revisions\/10645"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10643"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10643"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10643"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}