BURLINGTON COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 This is the Burlington County page of Crop Market, a free online farmers market in New Jersey for Beverly, Birmingham and Chatsworth. Homemade jams, breads and honey are listed right next to fresh produce and seedlings. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Burlington County by the Numbers

Burlington County has 925 farms on 93,594 acres (about 101 acres each). Together they sold $135.2 million of farm products in 2022, led by nursery & greenhouse plants, fruit & nuts and vegetables.

Orchards and vineyards here grow peaches, apples and grapes, and local fields produce sweet corn, pumpkins, green beans and tomatoes. Beekeepers tend about 715 honey bee colonies.

157 farms in Burlington County already sell straight to the public, about $5.7 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 Burlington County

Burlington County farms and homesteads keep 12,569 egg-laying hens, 3,306 horses and ponies and 1,006 hogs. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 1,759 people run or help run farms in Burlington County, with an average age of 58. 37% of them are women. 170 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 28 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Burlington County stands out: it ranks #4 of 21 NJ counties for number of farms and #3 of 15 NJ counties for egg-laying hens.