Editing Organic farming (section)

=== United States ===
The [[USDA Rural Development|United States Department of Agriculture Rural Development]] (USDARD) was created in 1994 as a subsection of the [[United States Department of Agriculture|USDA]] that implements programs to stimulate growth in rural communities.<ref>{{Cite web|title=USDA Rural Development to Hold Office Day in Palacios {{!}} Rural Development|url=https://www.rd.usda.gov/newsroom/news-release/usda-rural-development-hold-office-day-palacios-0|access-date=2020-12-08|website=www.rd.usda.gov|date=2 February 2015}}</ref> One of the programs that the USDARD created provided grants to farmers who practiced organic farming through the Organic Certification Cost Share Program (OCCSP).<ref>{{Cite web|title=Organic Certification Cost Share Program (OCCSP)|url=https://www.fsa.usda.gov/programs-and-services/occsp/index|access-date=2020-12-08|website=temp_FSA_02_Landing_InteriorPages|date=22 September 2020 }}</ref> During the 21st century, the [[United States]] has continued to expand its reach in the organic foods market, doubling the number of organic farms in the U.S. in 2016 when compared to 2011.<ref name=":02">{{Cite web|title=Organic farming is on the rise in the U.S.|url=https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2019/01/10/organic-farming-is-on-the-rise-in-the-u-s/|access-date=2020-11-18|website=Pew Research Center|date=10 January 2019 }}</ref>

Employment on organic farms offers potentially large numbers of jobs for people, and this may better manage the [[Fourth Industrial Revolution]]. Moreover, sustainable forestry, fishing, and mining, and other conservation-oriented activities provide larger numbers of jobs than more fossil fuel and mechanized work.

* Organic Farming has grown by {{convert|3.53|e6acres|abbr=off}} in the U.S. from 2000 to 2011.<ref name=":12">{{Cite journal |last1=Squalli |first1=Jay |last2=Adamkiewicz |first2=Gary |date=2018-08-10 |title=Organic farming and greenhouse gas emissions: A longitudinal U.S. state-level study |journal=Journal of Cleaner Production |volume=192 |pages=30–42 |doi=10.1016/j.jclepro.2018.04.160 |bibcode=2018JCPro.192...30S |s2cid=158696303 |issn=0959-6526}}</ref>
* In 2016, [[California]] had 2,713 organic farms, which makes California the largest producer of organic goods in the U.S.<ref name=":02" />
* 4% of food sales in the U.S. are of organic goods.<ref name=":22">{{Cite web|title=USDA ERS - Organic Agriculture |url=https://www.ers.usda.gov/topics/natural-resources-environment/organic-agriculture/|access-date=2020-11-18 |website=www.ers.usda.gov}}</ref>