PISCATAQUIS COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Buy local in Piscataquis County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Abbot Village, Brownville and Greenville Junct. Maine favorites like blueberries and apples show up here when they're in season. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Piscataquis County by the Numbers

Piscataquis County has 174 farms on 40,622 acres (about 233 acres each). Together they sold $12.3 million of farm products in 2022, led by dairy (milk), vegetables and hay & other field crops.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, and local fields produce sweet corn, tomatoes, cabbage and onions. Beekeepers tend about 112 honey bee colonies.

41 farms in Piscataquis County already sell straight to the public, about $476,000 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 Piscataquis County

Piscataquis County farms and homesteads keep 2,601 head of cattle, 813 egg-laying hens and 246 sheep. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 332 people run or help run farms in Piscataquis County, with an average age of 59. 34% of them are women. 42 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.