CECIL COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Looking for food grown in Cecil County? Backyard growers and small farms around Bainbridge, Cecilton and Conowingo list it here. Maryland favorites like sweet corn and tomatoes show up here when they're in season. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Cecil County by the Numbers

Cecil County has 575 farms on 81,040 acres (about 141 acres each). Together they sold $177.1 million of farm products in 2022, led by nursery & greenhouse plants, corn and dairy (milk).

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples and grapes, and local fields produce pumpkins, cantaloupes, watermelons and tomatoes. Beekeepers tend about 400 honey bee colonies.

45 farms in Cecil County already sell straight to the public, about $1.9 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 Cecil County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Cecil County counts 7,230 head of cattle, 3,273 horses and ponies and 676 sheep. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,048 people run or help run farms in Cecil County, with an average age of 56. 37% of them are women. 124 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 19 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.