OXFORD COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Oxford County has more backyard fruit trees and home gardens than anyone could eat from. Crop Market connects them with neighbors in Andover, Bethel and Canton. Watch for local maple syrup when it comes into season in Maine. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Oxford County by the Numbers

Oxford County has 463 farms on 82,478 acres (about 178 acres each). Together they sold $26.1 million of farm products in 2022, led by vegetables, hay & other field crops and fruit & nuts.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples and grapes, and local fields produce potatoes, sweet corn, radishes and pumpkins. Beekeepers tend about 104 honey bee colonies.

130 farms in Oxford County already sell straight to the public, about $1.6 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 Oxford County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 24,923 egg-laying hens, 2,334 head of cattle and 666 sheep in Oxford County. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 843 people run or help run farms in Oxford County, with an average age of 58. 42% of them are women. 60 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 14 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Oxford County stands out: it ranks #1 of 13 ME counties for egg-laying hens.