HANCOCK COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Buy local in Hancock County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Aurora, Bar Harbor and Blue Hill. Maine favorites like potatoes and maple syrup 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 Hancock County by the Numbers

Hancock County has 414 farms on 60,238 acres (about 146 acres each). Together they sold $27.2 million of farm products in 2022, led by fruit & nuts, vegetables and nursery & greenhouse plants.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, pears and tart cherries, and local fields produce pumpkins, sweet corn, lettuce and squash. Beekeepers tend about 197 honey bee colonies.

125 farms in Hancock County already sell straight to the public, about $2.1 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 Hancock County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Hancock County counts 5,537 egg-laying hens, 372 turkeys and 276 sheep. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 811 people run or help run farms in Hancock County, with an average age of 59. 45% of them are women. 68 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 13 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Hancock County stands out: it ranks #3 of 13 ME counties for egg-laying hens.