NANTUCKET COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Buy local in Nantucket County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Nantucket and the rest of Nantucket County. Watch for local cranberries when it comes into season in Massachusetts. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Nantucket County by the Numbers

Nantucket County has 17 farms on 911 acres (about 54 acres each). Together they sold $3 million of farm products in 2022, led by fruit & nuts and hogs.

Local fields produce sweet corn, lettuce, squash and pumpkins. Beekeepers tend about 70 honey bee colonies.

10 farms in Nantucket County already sell straight to the public, about $855,000 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 Nantucket County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 156 egg-laying hens in Nantucket County. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 50 people run or help run farms in Nantucket County, with an average age of 47. 34% of them are women. 23 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 1 farm earns money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.