CALVERT COUNTY MARKET

Calvert County, Maryland Farmers Market — Buy & Sell Local Crops Near You

🌽 Calvert County has more backyard fruit trees and home gardens than anyone could eat from. Crop Market connects them with neighbors in Broomes Island, Chesapeake Beach and Lusby. Watch for local tomatoes when it comes into season in Maryland. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Calvert County by the Numbers

Calvert County has 285 farms on 24,654 acres (about 87 acres each). Together they sold $15.2 million of farm products in 2022, led by corn, soybeans and poultry & eggs.

Orchards and vineyards here grow grapes, persimmons and apples, and local fields produce tomatoes, watermelons, pumpkins and squash. Beekeepers tend about 270 honey bee colonies.

54 farms in Calvert County already sell straight to the public, about $1.1 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 Calvert County

Calvert County farms and homesteads keep 2,347 egg-laying hens, 813 head of cattle and 398 horses and ponies. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 522 people run or help run farms in Calvert County, with an average age of 58. 36% of them are women. 63 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 10 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.