HARTFORD COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Crop Market is a free online farmers market where neighbors in Hartford, W Hartford and Berlin buy and sell food they grew, baked or raised. Watch for local apples when it comes into season in Connecticut. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Hartford County by the Numbers

Hartford County has 739 farms on 44,720 acres (about 61 acres each). Together they sold $98.2 million of farm products in 2022, led by nursery & greenhouse plants, tobacco and vegetables.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, grapes and peaches, and local fields produce sweet corn, green beans, pumpkins and squash. Beekeepers tend about 517 honey bee colonies.

198 farms in Hartford County already sell straight to the public, about $10.2 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 Hartford County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 5,415 egg-laying hens, 2,419 head of cattle and 1,861 horses and ponies in Hartford County. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 1,396 people run or help run farms in Hartford County, with an average age of 58. 37% of them are women. 139 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 32 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Hartford County stands out: it ranks #1 of 8 CT counties for selling food straight to the public and #3 of 8 CT counties for number of farms.