ATLANTIC COUNTY MARKET

Atlantic County, New Jersey Farmers Market — Buy & Sell Local Crops Near You

🌽 Atlantic County has more backyard fruit trees and home gardens than anyone could eat from. Crop Market connects them with neighbors in Atlantic City, Batsto and Egg Harbor City. New Jersey favorites like cranberries and blueberries show up here when they're in season. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Atlantic County by the Numbers

Atlantic County has 483 farms on 30,674 acres (about 64 acres each). Together they sold $149.9 million of farm products in 2022, led by fruit & nuts, vegetables and nursery & greenhouse plants.

Orchards and vineyards here grow grapes, peaches and pears, and local fields produce sweet potatoes, fresh herbs, lettuce and cabbage. Beekeepers tend about 542 honey bee colonies.

92 farms in Atlantic County already sell straight to the public, about $10.2 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 Atlantic County

Atlantic County farms and homesteads keep 3,684 egg-laying hens, 528 hogs and 505 horses and ponies. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 961 people run or help run farms in Atlantic County, with an average age of 56. 37% of them are women. 141 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 20 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Atlantic County stands out: it ranks #2 of 21 NJ counties for total farm sales and #2 of 19 NJ counties for selling food straight to the public.