CAPE MAY COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 From Avalon to North Cape May, Cape May County gardeners, small farms and home cooks post their extra harvest here for people nearby. New Jersey favorites like tomatoes and peaches 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 Cape May County by the Numbers

Cape May County has 171 farms on 7,821 acres (about 46 acres each). Together they sold $17.6 million of farm products in 2022, led by nursery & greenhouse plants, aquaculture and vegetables.

Orchards and vineyards here grow grapes, and local fields produce tomatoes, sweet corn, pumpkins and lettuce. Beekeepers tend about 287 honey bee colonies.

49 farms in Cape May County already sell straight to the public, about $794,000 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 Cape May County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 800 hogs, 783 egg-laying hens and 258 sheep in Cape May County.

About 288 people run or help run farms in Cape May County, with an average age of 58. 38% of them are women. 21 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 19 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.