CUMBERLAND COUNTY MARKET

Cumberland County, Maine Farmers Market — Buy & Sell Local Crops Near You

🌽 Looking for food grown in Cumberland County? Backyard growers and small farms around Portland, Bailey Island and Casco list it here. Maine favorites like potatoes and maple syrup show up here when they're in season. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Cumberland County by the Numbers

Cumberland County has 657 farms on 56,704 acres (about 86 acres each). Together they sold $41.3 million of farm products in 2022, led by aquaculture, nursery & greenhouse plants and vegetables.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, grapes and peaches, and local fields produce sweet corn, green beans, squash and cucumbers. Beekeepers tend about 737 honey bee colonies.

182 farms in Cumberland County already sell straight to the public, about $5.1 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 Cumberland County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 5,134 head of cattle, 958 sheep and 736 goats in Cumberland County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,260 people run or help run farms in Cumberland County, with an average age of 56. 45% of them are women. 143 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 42 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Cumberland County stands out: it ranks #1 of 14 ME counties for honey bee colonies and #2 of 16 ME counties for selling food straight to the public.