DUKES COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Dukes County has more backyard fruit trees and home gardens than anyone could eat from. Crop Market connects them with neighbors in Chilmark, Cuttyhunk and and West Tisbury. Massachusetts favorites like honey and cranberries show up here when they're in season. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Dukes County by the Numbers

Dukes County has 66 farms on 6,404 acres (about 97 acres each). Together they sold $4.4 million of farm products in 2022, led by aquaculture, nursery & greenhouse plants and vegetables.

Local fields produce tomatoes, squash, fresh herbs and watermelons.

33 farms in Dukes County already sell straight to the public, about $941,000 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 Dukes County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 1,450 egg-laying hens, 437 sheep and 238 turkeys in Dukes County. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 149 people run or help run farms in Dukes County, with an average age of 49. 58% of them are women. 38 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 18 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.