GARRETT COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 This is the Garrett County page of Crop Market, a free online farmers market in Maryland for Accident, Bittinger and Jennings. Homemade jams, breads and honey are listed right next to fresh produce and seedlings. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Garrett County by the Numbers

Garrett County has 680 farms on 95,546 acres (about 141 acres each). Together they sold $32 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, corn and hay & other field crops.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, and local fields produce sweet corn, potatoes, green beans and tomatoes. Beekeepers tend about 213 honey bee colonies.

42 farms in Garrett County already sell straight to the public, about $280,000 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 Garrett County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Garrett County counts 12,068 head of cattle, 3,653 egg-laying hens and 947 sheep. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,231 people run or help run farms in Garrett County, with an average age of 55. 33% of them are women. 168 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 4 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Garrett County stands out: it ranks #5 of 23 MD counties for number of farms and #5 of 21 MD counties for goats.