Friday, January 18, 2013

Friday Trivia


What percentage of New York State's land area is farmland?

What percentage of farmland in NYS is in organic production?

How many pounds of strawberries does NYS produce?


1 comment:

  1. Ithaca's Food WebJanuary 18, 2013 at 3:34 PM

    *23% of NYS land is farmland (7 million acres)


    *Just under 2.5% of that land is organic (about 170,000 acres)
 






    *3.5 million pounds of strawberries!

    (sources: NY Ag and Markets and 2008 Ag Census: organic production)

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