FAIRFIELD COUNTY MARKET

Fairfield County, Connecticut Farmers Market — Buy & Sell Local Crops Near You

🌽 Looking for food grown in Fairfield County? Backyard growers and small farms around Bridgeport, Norwalk and Bethel list it here. Homemade jams, breads and honey are listed right next to fresh produce and seedlings. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Fairfield County by the Numbers

Fairfield County has 338 farms on 42,475 acres (about 126 acres each). Together they sold $35.4 million of farm products in 2022, led by nursery & greenhouse plants, aquaculture and fruit & nuts.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, grapes and peaches, and local fields produce pumpkins, tomatoes, asparagus and lettuce. Beekeepers tend about 533 honey bee colonies.

77 farms in Fairfield County already sell straight to the public, about $4.2 million a year in direct sales. Crop Market gives them, and every backyard grower, a free way to reach more neighbors.

Source: USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service, 2022 Census of Agriculture.

Farm Life in Fairfield County

Fairfield County farms and homesteads keep 4,433 egg-laying hens, 761 horses and ponies and 306 sheep. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 638 people run or help run farms in Fairfield County, with an average age of 59. 49% of them are women. 51 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 31 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.