CHARLES COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Looking for food grown in Charles County? Backyard growers and small farms around Saint Charles, Bel Alton and Charlotte Hall list it here. Watch for local sweet corn when it comes into season in Maryland. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Charles County by the Numbers

Charles County has 371 farms on 47,747 acres (about 129 acres each). Together they sold $20.7 million of farm products in 2022, led by soybeans, corn and vegetables.

Orchards and vineyards here grow grapes, apples and pears, and local fields produce sweet corn, pumpkins, bell peppers and watermelons. Beekeepers tend about 261 honey bee colonies.

25 farms in Charles County already sell straight to the public, about $561,000 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 Charles County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 3,430 egg-laying hens, 1,234 head of cattle and 554 horses and ponies in Charles County. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 704 people run or help run farms in Charles County, with an average age of 57. 38% of them are women. 80 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 8 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.