ST. MARY'S COUNTY MARKET

St. Mary's County, Maryland Farmers Market — Buy & Sell Local Crops Near You

🌽 Crop Market is a free online farmers market where neighbors in Abell, Avenue and Clements buy and sell food they grew, baked or raised. Homemade jams, breads and honey are listed right next to fresh produce and seedlings. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in St. Mary's County by the Numbers

St. Mary's County has 656 farms on 64,380 acres (about 98 acres each). Together they sold $35.3 million of farm products in 2022, led by soybeans, corn and vegetables.

Orchards and vineyards here grow grapes, apples and pears, and local fields produce sweet corn, bell peppers, cantaloupes and watermelons. Beekeepers tend about 327 honey bee colonies.

85 farms in St. Mary's County already sell straight to the public, about $1.3 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.