Farming by the Numbers

A detailed look at the state of agriculture in the U.S. and the strides made in regenerative farming.

by Cassandra Marketos

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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