KENT COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Buy local in Kent County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Betterton, Chestertown and Millington. Fruit, vegetables, cottage foods, plants, seeds and farm gear are all welcome. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Kent County by the Numbers

Kent County has 396 farms on 141,662 acres (about 358 acres each). Together they sold $189.1 million of farm products in 2022, led by poultry & eggs, corn and soybeans.

Local fields produce squash, cucumbers, lettuce and onions. Beekeepers tend about 37 honey bee colonies.

24 farms in Kent County already sell straight to the public, about $790,000 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 Kent County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 8,017 head of cattle, 727 egg-laying hens and 552 sheep in Kent County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 816 people run or help run farms in Kent County, with an average age of 61. 33% of them are women. 56 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 22 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.