COOS COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 From Berlin to Jefferson, Coos County gardeners, small farms and home cooks post their extra harvest here for people nearby. New Hampshire favorites like blueberries and maple syrup show up here when they're in season. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Coos County by the Numbers

Coos County has 278 farms on 47,598 acres (about 171 acres each). Together they sold $22.4 million of farm products in 2022, led by dairy (milk), hay & other field crops and maple syrup.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples and plums, and local fields produce potatoes, sweet corn, pumpkins and tomatoes. Beekeepers tend about 181 honey bee colonies.

69 farms in Coos County already sell straight to the public, about $853,000 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 Coos County

Coos County farms and homesteads keep 5,054 head of cattle, 1,514 egg-laying hens and 238 horses and ponies. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 501 people run or help run farms in Coos County, with an average age of 61. 46% of them are women. 28 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 4 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.