MONMOUTH COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Buy local in Monmouth County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Allenhurst, Allentown and Belford. 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 Monmouth County by the Numbers

Monmouth County has 931 farms on 44,226 acres (about 48 acres each). Together they sold $119.5 million of farm products in 2022, led by nursery & greenhouse plants, horses and vegetables.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, peaches and grapes, and local fields produce sweet corn, pumpkins, squash and tomatoes. Beekeepers tend about 1,296 honey bee colonies.

138 farms in Monmouth County already sell straight to the public, about $9.3 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 Monmouth County

Monmouth County farms and homesteads keep 65,226 egg-laying hens, 4,108 horses and ponies and 1,420 goats. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 1,796 people run or help run farms in Monmouth County, with an average age of 60. 36% of them are women. 103 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 27 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Monmouth County stands out: it ranks #1 of 15 NJ counties for egg-laying hens and #2 of 19 NJ counties for honey bee colonies.