YORK COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Crop Market is a free online farmers market where neighbors in Acton, Alfred and Cornish buy and sell food they grew, baked or raised. Watch for local blueberries when it comes into season in Maine. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in York County by the Numbers

York County has 689 farms on 50,741 acres (about 74 acres each). Together they sold $31.6 million of farm products in 2022, led by nursery & greenhouse plants, dairy (milk) and vegetables.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, peaches and pears, and local fields produce sweet corn, pumpkins, squash and tomatoes. Beekeepers tend about 240 honey bee colonies.

202 farms in York County already sell straight to the public, about $3.3 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 York County

York County farms and homesteads keep 3,103 head of cattle, 1,085 horses and ponies and 1,027 sheep. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,308 people run or help run farms in York County, with an average age of 56. 45% of them are women. 134 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 31 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where York County stands out: it ranks #2 of 16 ME counties for number of farms and #3 of 16 ME counties for selling food straight to the public.