BRISTOL COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Looking for food grown in Bristol County? Backyard growers and small farms around Fall River, New Bedford and Assonet list it here. Homemade jams, breads and honey are listed right next to fresh produce and seedlings. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Bristol County by the Numbers

Bristol County has 507 farms on 27,956 acres (about 55 acres each). Together they sold $46.2 million of farm products in 2022, led by nursery & greenhouse plants, vegetables and fruit & nuts.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, grapes and pears, and local fields produce sweet corn, pumpkins, squash and chile peppers. Beekeepers tend about 367 honey bee colonies.

110 farms in Bristol County already sell straight to the public, about $5.8 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 Bristol County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 10,188 egg-laying hens, 4,149 head of cattle and 998 hogs in Bristol County. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 884 people run or help run farms in Bristol County, with an average age of 61. 41% of them are women. 49 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.

Where Bristol County stands out: it ranks #2 of 14 MA counties for egg-laying hens and #3 of 12 MA counties for goats.