FREDERICK COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Frederick County has more backyard fruit trees and home gardens than anyone could eat from. Crop Market connects them with neighbors in Brunswick, Buckeystown and Fort Detrick. 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 Frederick County by the Numbers

Frederick County has 1,367 farms on 188,832 acres (about 138 acres each). Together they sold $184.4 million of farm products in 2022, led by dairy (milk), corn and soybeans.

Orchards and vineyards here grow grapes, apples and peaches, and local fields produce pumpkins, sweet corn, potatoes and green beans. Beekeepers tend about 3,007 honey bee colonies.

175 farms in Frederick County already sell straight to the public, about $14.8 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 Frederick County

Frederick County farms and homesteads keep 86,370 turkeys, 67,900 egg-laying hens and 35,336 head of cattle.

About 2,683 people run or help run farms in Frederick County, with an average age of 57. 40% of them are women. 276 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 31 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Frederick County stands out: it ranks #1 of 23 MD counties for selling food straight to the public and #1 of 23 MD counties for number of farms.