CUMBERLAND COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Looking for food grown in Cumberland County? Backyard growers and small farms around Cedarville, Deerfield Street and Greenwich list it here. Fruit, vegetables, cottage foods, plants, seeds and farm gear are all welcome. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Cumberland County by the Numbers

Cumberland County has 539 farms on 68,491 acres (about 127 acres each). Together they sold $305 million of farm products in 2022, led by nursery & greenhouse plants, vegetables and fruit & nuts.

Orchards and vineyards here grow peaches, apples and sweet cherries, and local fields produce cucumbers, asparagus, bell peppers and tomatoes. Beekeepers tend about 202 honey bee colonies.

68 farms in Cumberland County already sell straight to the public, about $3 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 Cumberland County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 1,127 head of cattle, 575 goats and 481 horses and ponies in Cumberland County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 936 people run or help run farms in Cumberland County, with an average age of 57. 32% of them are women. 105 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 6 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Cumberland County stands out: it ranks #1 of 21 NJ counties for total farm sales.