WASHINGTON COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 This is the Washington County page of Crop Market, a free online farmers market in Maine for Addison, Beals and Columbia Falls. Fruit, vegetables, cottage foods, plants, seeds and farm gear are all welcome. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Washington County by the Numbers

Washington County has 341 farms on 121,714 acres (about 357 acres each). Together they sold $101.8 million of farm products in 2022, led by fruit & nuts, poultry & eggs and nursery & greenhouse plants.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, and local fields produce potatoes, tomatoes, green peas and pumpkins. Beekeepers tend about 95 honey bee colonies.

60 farms in Washington County already sell straight to the public, about $589,000 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 Washington County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Washington County counts 1,811 egg-laying hens, 452 sheep and 241 head of cattle. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 585 people run or help run farms in Washington County, with an average age of 61. 41% of them are women. 25 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 1 farm earns money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Washington County stands out: it ranks #2 of 16 ME counties for total farm sales.