CARROLL COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Carroll County has more backyard fruit trees and home gardens than anyone could eat from. Crop Market connects them with neighbors in Carrollton, Carrolltowne and New Windsor. Fruit, vegetables, cottage foods, plants, seeds and farm gear are all welcome. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Carroll County by the Numbers

Carroll County has 1,180 farms on 130,195 acres (about 110 acres each). Together they sold $138.5 million of farm products in 2022, led by corn, dairy (milk) and nursery & greenhouse plants.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, peaches and grapes, and local fields produce green beans, sweet corn, pumpkins and tomatoes. Beekeepers tend about 300 honey bee colonies.

117 farms in Carroll County already sell straight to the public, about $4.3 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 Carroll County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 17,128 head of cattle, 2,360 horses and ponies and 1,946 sheep in Carroll County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 2,206 people run or help run farms in Carroll County, with an average age of 58. 41% of them are women. 173 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 26 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Carroll County stands out: it ranks #2 of 23 MD counties for number of farms and #3 of 21 MD counties for goats.