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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Harrisburg, PA) Agriculture Secretary Russell Redding commented on Friday on new data which shows that Pennsylvania has risen from third to second nationally in sales of organic agricultural products.

Results of the 2025 National Organic Survey released on October 30th, 2026 by the USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service show that organic sales in Pennsylvania grew from $1.094 billion to $1.114 billion, which is an increase of $20 million, over 1.83% over the past year.

The number of organic-certified farms in Pennsylvania has also grown from 880 to 1,150 since January of 2023, and this is a nearly 30.7% increase.