STRAFFORD COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Crop Market is a free online farmers market where neighbors in Barrington, Center Strafford and Lee buy and sell food they grew, baked or raised. New Hampshire favorites like apples and blueberries show up here when they're in season. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Strafford County by the Numbers

Strafford County has 332 farms on 28,143 acres (about 85 acres each). Together they sold $15.7 million of farm products in 2022, led by nursery & greenhouse plants, dairy (milk) and fruit & nuts.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples and peaches, and local fields produce sweet corn, pumpkins, squash and cucumbers. Beekeepers tend about 177 honey bee colonies.

108 farms in Strafford County already sell straight to the public, about $3.2 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 Strafford County

Strafford County farms and homesteads keep 3,228 egg-laying hens, 1,599 head of cattle and 1,041 sheep. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 614 people run or help run farms in Strafford County, with an average age of 59. 48% of them are women. 59 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 22 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.