NEW CASTLE COUNTY MARKET

New Castle County, Delaware Farmers Market — Buy & Sell Local Crops Near You

🌽 Crop Market is a free online farmers market where neighbors in Wilmington, Newark and Delaware City buy and sell food they grew, baked or raised. Watch for local sweet corn when it comes into season in Delaware. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in New Castle County by the Numbers

New Castle County has 335 farms on 73,507 acres (about 219 acres each). Together they sold $108.6 million of farm products in 2022, led by poultry & eggs, corn and soybeans.

Local fields produce sweet corn, tomatoes, squash and green onions. Beekeepers tend about 189 honey bee colonies.

55 farms in New Castle County already sell straight to the public. 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 New Castle County

New Castle County farms and homesteads keep 1,379 head of cattle, 1,102 horses and ponies and 459 turkeys. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 584 people run or help run farms in New Castle County, with an average age of 60. 39% of them are women. 48 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 11 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.