diff --git a/app/views/crops/index.html.haml b/app/views/crops/index.html.haml
index f385ef4b4..762cd7923 100644
--- a/app/views/crops/index.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/crops/index.html.haml
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 - content_for :title, "Crops"
 - c = 0
 
+%p
+  = "Displaying #{@crops.length} crops"
+
 %ul.thumbnails
   .row
   - @crops.each do |crop|
diff --git a/app/views/members/index.html.haml b/app/views/members/index.html.haml
index 276e44f47..6b79e951a 100644
--- a/app/views/members/index.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/members/index.html.haml
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 = content_for :title, "Growstuff members"
 
+%p
+  = "Displaying #{@members.length} members"
+  
 %ul.thumbnails
   - @members.each do |m|
     %li.span2
diff --git a/app/views/updates/index.html.haml b/app/views/updates/index.html.haml
index 9818890d8..a98eaec2c 100644
--- a/app/views/updates/index.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/updates/index.html.haml
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 = content_for :title, "Recent Growstuff member updates"
 
+%p
+  = "Displaying #{@updates.length} updates"
+  
 - @updates.each do |update|
-    = render :partial => "single", :locals => { :update => update, :subject => true }
+  = render :partial => "single", :locals => { :update => update, :subject => true }
 
 = link_to 'New Update', new_update_path
diff --git a/spec/views/crops/index.html.haml_spec.rb b/spec/views/crops/index.html.haml_spec.rb
index 855210826..6360bf20d 100644
--- a/spec/views/crops/index.html.haml_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/views/crops/index.html.haml_spec.rb
@@ -20,7 +20,12 @@ describe "crops/index" do
     assert_select "a", :text => "Maize"
     assert_select "a", :text => "Tomato"
   end
-
+  
+  it "counts the number of crops" do
+    render
+    rendered.should contain "Displaying 2 crops"
+  end
+  
   context "logged out" do
     it "doesn't show the new crop link if logged out" do
       render
diff --git a/spec/views/members/index.html.haml_spec.rb b/spec/views/members/index.html.haml_spec.rb
index 60ea5d5dc..ab91aa84f 100644
--- a/spec/views/members/index.html.haml_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/views/members/index.html.haml_spec.rb
@@ -27,4 +27,9 @@ describe "members/index" do
     rendered.should contain "bob"
     rendered.should_not contain "bob..."
   end
+  
+  it "counts the number of members" do
+    rendered.should contain "Displaying 2 members"
+  end
+  
 end
diff --git a/spec/views/updates/index.html.haml_spec.rb b/spec/views/updates/index.html.haml_spec.rb
index 591b53d1c..9be107d9e 100644
--- a/spec/views/updates/index.html.haml_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/views/updates/index.html.haml_spec.rb
@@ -29,4 +29,10 @@ describe "updates/index" do
     assert_select "div.update>div.update-body",
       :text => "MyText".to_s, :count => 2
   end
+    
+  it "counts the number of updates" do 
+    render
+    rendered.should contain "Displaying 2 updates"
+  end
+   
 end