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North Dakota Locavore Overview

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North Dakota Locally Grown Product

There are plenty of seasonal Locavore opportunities to find exactly the fruit, vegetables, beef, lamb, poultry, wine or dairy products that you may be looking for. The 2007 USDA Farm Census reported that North Dakota had approximately 36,352 farms and the average number of acres per farm was 197. Of those farms, 3,192 showed that they raised vegetables for sale, there were 2,686 orchards, 1,027 organic farms and 364 CSAs in the state.

Synopsis of 2007 USDA Ag census for North Dakota

Classification
Number of farms within the State
Top five counties with the greatest number of farms in each type of classification
Farms with Vegetables harvested for sale
224
 Walsh Grand Forks Pembina Traill Burleigh
Number of Orchards
41
 Cass Ramsey Traill Ward McLean
Sweet Corn
38
 Burleigh Wells Ransom Barnes Grand Forks
Potatoes
152
 Walsh Pembina Grand Forks Traill Kidder
Tomatoes
20
 Burleigh McHenry Grand Forks Richland Traill
Apples
21
 Cass Ramsey Pembina Benson Burleigh
Peaches
0
 - - - - -
Cantaloupe
19
 Ward Burleigh Barnes Cavalier Sheridan
Watermelon
16
 Burleigh Cavalier Grand Forks Sheridan Traill
Strawberries
13
 Pierce Benson Cass Grand Forks Oliver
Blueberries
1
 Benson - - - -
Raspberries
19
 Ward Bottineau Burleigh Grand Forks Traill
Blackberries and Dewberries
1
 Benson - - - -
Poultry and egg production
130
 Burleigh Ward Richland Stutsman Walsh
Dairy cattle and milk production
212
 Morton Emmons Stark Dunn McLean
Beef and Cattle ranches
5,961
 Morton Dunn Burleigh Stark McHenry
Bison
111
 McHenry Benson Eddy Sioux Stutsman
Aquaculture or other animal production
1,415
 Burleigh Morton Ward Williams Rolette
Farms that collect Honey
161
 Cass Morton Adams McHenry Ramsey