HAMPSHIRE COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Buy local in Hampshire County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Belchertown, Chesterfield and Goshen. Homemade jams, breads and honey are listed right next to fresh produce and seedlings. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Hampshire County by the Numbers

Hampshire County has 718 farms on 53,268 acres (about 74 acres each). Together they sold $58.8 million of farm products in 2022, led by vegetables, dairy (milk) and nursery & greenhouse plants.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, peaches and pears, and local fields produce potatoes, sweet corn, squash and pumpkins. Beekeepers tend about 630 honey bee colonies.

173 farms in Hampshire County already sell straight to the public, about $4.9 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 Hampshire County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 7,409 egg-laying hens, 3,919 head of cattle and 1,814 sheep in Hampshire County. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 1,329 people run or help run farms in Hampshire County, with an average age of 58. 41% of them are women. 93 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.