SUSSEX COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 From Millville to Delmar, Sussex County gardeners, small farms and home cooks post their extra harvest here for people nearby. Delaware favorites like watermelons and strawberries show up here when they're in season. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Sussex County by the Numbers

Sussex County has 1,053 farms on 262,079 acres (about 249 acres each). Together they sold $1.4 billion of farm products in 2022, led by poultry & eggs, corn and vegetables.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples and grapes, and local fields produce sweet corn, green beans, bell peppers and pumpkins. Beekeepers tend about 187 honey bee colonies.

57 farms in Sussex County already sell straight to the public, about $3 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 Sussex County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 3,415 head of cattle, 1,778 egg-laying hens and 1,762 hogs in Sussex County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,837 people run or help run farms in Sussex County, with an average age of 60. 32% of them are women. 123 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 29 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.