BERKSHIRE COUNTY MARKET

Berkshire County, Massachusetts Farmers Market — Buy & Sell Local Crops Near You

🌽 Buy local in Berkshire County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Adams, Ashley Falls and Dalton. Massachusetts favorites like cranberries and apples show up here when they're in season. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Berkshire County by the Numbers

Berkshire County has 471 farms on 71,860 acres (about 153 acres each). Together they sold $36 million of farm products in 2022, led by dairy (milk), fruit & nuts and hay & other field crops.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, pears and peaches, and local fields produce sweet corn, pumpkins, squash and tomatoes. Beekeepers tend about 344 honey bee colonies.

123 farms in Berkshire County already sell straight to the public, about $3.9 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 Berkshire County

Berkshire County farms and homesteads keep 8,424 egg-laying hens, 6,700 head of cattle and 1,761 sheep. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 879 people run or help run farms in Berkshire County, with an average age of 60. 43% of them are women. 48 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 20 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.