HUNTERDON COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Crop Market is a free online farmers market where neighbors in Annandale, Bloomsbury and Frenchtown buy and sell food they grew, baked or raised. 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 Hunterdon County by the Numbers

Hunterdon County has 1,623 farms on 91,588 acres (about 56 acres each). Together they sold $115.2 million of farm products in 2022, led by nursery & greenhouse plants, vegetables and horses.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, grapes and peaches, and local fields produce sweet corn, pumpkins, squash and tomatoes. Beekeepers tend about 2,252 honey bee colonies.

292 farms in Hunterdon County already sell straight to the public, about $15.9 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 Hunterdon County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 18,182 egg-laying hens, 3,417 head of cattle and 3,272 horses and ponies in Hunterdon County. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 3,031 people run or help run farms in Hunterdon County, with an average age of 59. 42% of them are women. 245 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 54 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Hunterdon County stands out: it ranks #1 of 21 NJ counties for number of farms and #1 of 19 NJ counties for selling food straight to the public.