DORCHESTER COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 From Cambridge to Fishing Creek, Dorchester County gardeners, small farms and home cooks post their extra harvest here for people nearby. Maryland favorites like tomatoes and peaches show up here when they're in season. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Dorchester County by the Numbers

Dorchester County has 366 farms on 129,197 acres (about 353 acres each). Together they sold $365.7 million of farm products in 2022, led by poultry & eggs, soybeans and corn.

Local fields produce sweet corn, watermelons, green peas and green beans. Beekeepers tend about 189 honey bee colonies.

9 farms in Dorchester County already sell straight to the public, about $408,000 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 Dorchester County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 226 egg-laying hens, 128 head of cattle and 113 horses and ponies in Dorchester County. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 652 people run or help run farms in Dorchester County, with an average age of 59. 31% of them are women. 70 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 16 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Dorchester County stands out: it ranks #3 of 23 MD counties for total farm sales.