MERCER COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 This is the Mercer County page of Crop Market, a free online farmers market in New Jersey for Hamilton, Trenton and Hopewell. Watch for local tomatoes when it comes into season in New Jersey. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Mercer County by the Numbers

Mercer County has 298 farms on 19,030 acres (about 64 acres each). Together they sold $27.8 million of farm products in 2022, led by nursery & greenhouse plants, vegetables and fruit & nuts.

Orchards and vineyards here grow grapes, apples and peaches, and local fields produce sweet corn, squash, tomatoes and bell peppers. Beekeepers tend about 200 honey bee colonies.

69 farms in Mercer County already sell straight to the public, about $6 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 Mercer County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 2,165 egg-laying hens, 1,162 sheep and 632 head of cattle in Mercer County. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 548 people run or help run farms in Mercer County, with an average age of 60. 38% of them are women. 21 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 12 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.