SAGADAHOC COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Buy local in Sagadahoc County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Bath, Bowdoinham and Richmond. Homemade jams, breads and honey are listed right next to fresh produce and seedlings. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Sagadahoc County by the Numbers

Sagadahoc County has 178 farms on 17,774 acres (about 100 acres each). Together they sold $8.9 million of farm products in 2022, led by vegetables, nursery & greenhouse plants and aquaculture.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, and local fields produce pumpkins, squash, lettuce and onions.

44 farms in Sagadahoc County already sell straight to the public, about $2.4 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 Sagadahoc County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 2,693 egg-laying hens, 2,032 head of cattle and 400 sheep in Sagadahoc County. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 332 people run or help run farms in Sagadahoc County, with an average age of 60. 46% of them are women. 15 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 6 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Sagadahoc County stands out: it ranks #4 of 16 ME counties for selling food straight to the public.