ESSEX COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 From Newark to Cedar Grove, Essex County gardeners, small farms and home cooks post their extra harvest here for people nearby. Homemade jams, breads and honey are listed right next to fresh produce and seedlings. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Essex County by the Numbers

Essex County has 32 farms. Together they sold $4.2 million of farm products in 2022, led by nursery & greenhouse plants and honey.

Local fields produce tomatoes, green peas, bell peppers and eggplant. Beekeepers tend about 241 honey bee colonies.

7 farms in Essex County already sell straight to the public, about $54,000 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 Essex County

About 56 people run or help run farms in Essex County, with an average age of 58. 45% of them are women. 5 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 3 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.