MIDDLESEX COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 From Centerbrook to Durham, Middlesex County gardeners, small farms and home cooks post their extra harvest here for people nearby. Fruit, vegetables, cottage foods, plants, seeds and farm gear are all welcome. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Middlesex County by the Numbers

Middlesex County has 374 farms on 18,289 acres (about 49 acres each). Together they sold $55.7 million of farm products in 2022, led by nursery & greenhouse plants, fruit & nuts and vegetables.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, grapes and peaches, and local fields produce sweet corn, pumpkins, tomatoes and beets. Beekeepers tend about 173 honey bee colonies.

88 farms in Middlesex 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 Middlesex County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Middlesex County counts 2,546 egg-laying hens, 671 horses and ponies and 566 head of cattle. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 679 people run or help run farms in Middlesex County, with an average age of 58. 44% of them are women. 75 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 13 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.