WORCESTER COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Worcester County has more backyard fruit trees and home gardens than anyone could eat from. Crop Market connects them with neighbors in Worcester, Southborough and Barre. Homemade jams, breads and honey are listed right next to fresh produce and seedlings. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Worcester County by the Numbers

Worcester County has 1,623 farms on 90,983 acres (about 56 acres each). Together they sold $87.1 million of farm products in 2022, led by nursery & greenhouse plants, vegetables and fruit & nuts.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, peaches and grapes, and local fields produce sweet corn, pumpkins, squash and tomatoes. Beekeepers tend about 1,059 honey bee colonies.

513 farms in Worcester County already sell straight to the public, about $23 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 Worcester County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Worcester County counts 116,679 egg-laying hens, 6,309 head of cattle and 4,927 turkeys. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 2,962 people run or help run farms in Worcester County, with an average age of 59. 46% of them are women. 259 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 60 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Worcester County stands out: it ranks #1 of 14 MA counties for selling food straight to the public and #1 of 14 MA counties for number of farms.