BELKNAP COUNTY MARKET

Belknap County, New Hampshire Farmers Market — Buy & Sell Local Crops Near You

🌽 Looking for food grown in Belknap County? Backyard growers and small farms around Alton, Alton Bay and Center Harbor list it here. New Hampshire favorites like maple syrup and honey show up here when they're in season. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Belknap County by the Numbers

Belknap County has 272 farms on 28,483 acres (about 105 acres each). Together they sold $8.7 million of farm products in 2022, led by nursery & greenhouse plants, vegetables and dairy (milk).

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, grapes and peaches, and local fields produce sweet corn, pumpkins, lettuce and tomatoes. Beekeepers tend about 485 honey bee colonies.

70 farms in Belknap County already sell straight to the public, about $1.8 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 Belknap County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 2,574 egg-laying hens, 1,749 head of cattle and 817 turkeys in Belknap County. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 485 people run or help run farms in Belknap County, with an average age of 61. 42% of them are women. 20 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 8 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Belknap County stands out: it ranks #2 of 8 NH counties for honey bee colonies.