Klf* COOPERATIVE
llV EXTENSION
N.C. A&T
STATE UNIVERSITY
Mecklenburg County
LOCAL FARMS AND FOOD PROFILE
DATA FROM 2017 & 2012 USDA CENSUS
DOWN
24%
FROM
2012
11,674
ACRES
— OF —
FARMS
DOWN
17%
FROM
2012
54
ACRES
AVERAGE
OF FARM
216
FARMS
FARMLAND
COMPONENTS
CROPLAND
WOODLAND
PASTURELAND
OTHER
121
ANIMAL
FARMS
DOWN
2%
FROM
2012
TOTAL AG PRODUCTS SOLD
* Insufficient Data
V/
W \)/ \U
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t W W №
М/ \У V/
\V
$1,856,000
VALUE OF ANIMAL
PRODUCTS
UP
6%
FROM
2012
24
SOD, GREENHOUSE,
NURSERY, FLORICULTURE
FARMS
128
DOWN
FROM
2012
VALUE OF SOD, GREENHOUSE,
NURSERY, FLORICULTURE
PRODUCTS
* Insufficient Data
TOTAL CROP FARMS,
INCLUDING NURSERY
& GREENHOUSE
UP
50/0
FROM
2012
VALUE OF CROP
INCLUDING NURSERY
& GREENHOUSE
* Insufficient Data
DOWN
39°
FROM
2012
FARMS THAT SELL
DIRECT TO CONSUMER
$254,000
DIRECT TO
CONSUMER SALES
UP
1 67%
FROM
2012
UP
60%
FROM
2012
16
GRAIN, OILSEED, BEAN,
PEA FARMS
$1,397,000
VALUE OF GRAIN, OILSEED,
BEAN, PEA PRODUCTS
p V
DOWN
50/0
FROM
2012
$150,000
VALUE OF
FRUIT, NUT &
BERRY
UP
.19 39.
UP^J
58%
FRUIT, NUT & VEGETABLE,
56% 1
FROM
BERRY FARMS ; MELON, &
W W 1
FROM
И
2012
; POTATO
2012 |
%
mJ I
$350,000
VALUE OF
VEGETABLE, MELON
& POTATO
* 2012 data not
collected by US AG Census
UP
114%
FROM
2012
UP
20%
FROM
2012
AGRITOURISM
REVENUE
* Insufficient Data
DOWN
63%
FROM
2012
3
AGRITOURISM
FARMS
130
FEMALE
PRODUCERS
MALE
PRODUCERS
#
112
NEW & BEGINNING FARMERS
42
PRODUCERS
WITH
MILITARY
SERVICE
61.3
PRINCIPAL
PRODUCER
AVERAGE AGE
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NC State and N.C. A&T State universities, U.S. Department of Agriculture and local governments cooperating. This material was produced with funding from the NC Cooperative Extension Local Food Program.
