NORFOLK COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Looking for food grown in Norfolk County? Backyard growers and small farms around Weymouth, Quincy and Canton list it here. Watch for local cranberries when it comes into season in Massachusetts. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Norfolk County by the Numbers

Norfolk County has 213 farms on 9,435 acres (about 44 acres each). Together they sold $12.8 million of farm products in 2022, led by vegetables, nursery & greenhouse plants and fruit & nuts.

Orchards and vineyards here grow peaches and grapes, and local fields produce sweet corn, pumpkins, tomatoes and lettuce. Beekeepers tend about 394 honey bee colonies.

42 farms in Norfolk County already sell straight to the public, about $4.1 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 Norfolk County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 2,659 egg-laying hens, 921 hogs and 639 horses and ponies in Norfolk County. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 399 people run or help run farms in Norfolk County, with an average age of 57. 45% of them are women. 42 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 7 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.