PLYMOUTH COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 This is the Plymouth County page of Crop Market, a free online farmers market in Massachusetts for Abington, Bridgewater and East Wareham. Fruit, vegetables, cottage foods, plants, seeds and farm gear are all welcome. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Plymouth County by the Numbers

Plymouth County has 809 farms on 54,093 acres (about 67 acres each). Together they sold $90.2 million of farm products in 2022, led by fruit & nuts, aquaculture and vegetables.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, grapes and pears, and local fields produce sweet corn, pumpkins, green beans and squash. Beekeepers tend about 1,010 honey bee colonies.

120 farms in Plymouth County already sell straight to the public, about $6 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 Plymouth County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Plymouth County counts 4,126 egg-laying hens, 2,444 horses and ponies and 773 head of cattle. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 1,580 people run or help run farms in Plymouth County, with an average age of 60. 38% of them are women. 141 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 47 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Plymouth County stands out: it ranks #1 of 14 MA counties for total farm sales and #2 of 14 MA counties for number of farms.