CARROLL COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Buy local in Carroll County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Bartlett, Center Conway and Chocorua. Watch for local apples when it comes into season in New Hampshire. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Carroll County by the Numbers

Carroll County has 219 farms on 21,207 acres (about 97 acres each). Together they sold $6.4 million of farm products in 2022, led by nursery & greenhouse plants, vegetables and cattle.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples and hazelnuts, and local fields produce sweet corn, squash, lettuce and pumpkins. Beekeepers tend about 186 honey bee colonies.

68 farms in Carroll County already sell straight to the public, about $1.1 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 Carroll County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Carroll County counts 2,278 egg-laying hens, 1,187 head of cattle and 313 goats. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 400 people run or help run farms in Carroll County, with an average age of 58. 43% of them are women. 44 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.