SOMERSET COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Crop Market is a free online farmers market where neighbors in Crisfield, Deal Island and Tylerton buy and sell food they grew, baked or raised. Watch for local sweet corn when it comes into season in Maryland. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Somerset County by the Numbers

Somerset County has 244 farms on 63,019 acres (about 258 acres each). Together they sold $288.5 million of farm products in 2022, led by poultry & eggs, corn and soybeans.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, and local fields produce tomatoes, bell peppers, okra and eggplant. Beekeepers tend about 33 honey bee colonies.

8 farms in Somerset County already sell straight to the public, about $204,000 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 Somerset County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 7,224 egg-laying hens, 334 head of cattle and 270 goats in Somerset County. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 397 people run or help run farms in Somerset County, with an average age of 62. 33% of them are women. 30 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 10 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Somerset County stands out: it ranks #3 of 19 MD counties for egg-laying hens and #5 of 23 MD counties for total farm sales.