WICOMICO COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Looking for food grown in Wicomico County? Backyard growers and small farms around Allen, Bivalve and Hebron list it here. Maryland favorites like sweet corn and tomatoes show up here when they're in season. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Wicomico County by the Numbers

Wicomico County has 384 farms on 69,906 acres (about 182 acres each). Together they sold $396.8 million of farm products in 2022, led by poultry & eggs, nursery & greenhouse plants and corn.

Orchards and vineyards here grow chestnuts, grapes and apples, and local fields produce watermelons, sweet corn, tomatoes and green beans. Beekeepers tend about 53 honey bee colonies.

10 farms in Wicomico County already sell straight to the public, about $318,000 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 Wicomico County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 655 egg-laying hens, 598 head of cattle and 322 goats in Wicomico County. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 618 people run or help run farms in Wicomico County, with an average age of 61. 34% of them are women. 34 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 7 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Wicomico County stands out: it ranks #1 of 23 MD counties for total farm sales.