MONTGOMERY COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 From Rockville to Gaithersburg, Montgomery County gardeners, small farms and home cooks post their extra harvest here for people nearby. Watch for local honey when it comes into season in Maryland. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Montgomery County by the Numbers

Montgomery County has 583 farms on 69,759 acres (about 120 acres each). Together they sold $70.9 million of farm products in 2022, led by nursery & greenhouse plants, corn and soybeans.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, peaches and pears, and local fields produce pumpkins, tomatoes, lettuce and squash. Beekeepers tend about 884 honey bee colonies.

111 farms in Montgomery County already sell straight to the public, about $6.4 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 Montgomery County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 5,338 egg-laying hens, 2,844 head of cattle and 2,815 horses and ponies in Montgomery County. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 1,196 people run or help run farms in Montgomery County, with an average age of 58. 44% of them are women. 116 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 21 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Montgomery County stands out: it ranks #2 of 23 MD counties for selling food straight to the public and #4 of 23 MD counties for honey bee colonies.