OCEAN COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 This is the Ocean County page of Crop Market, a free online farmers market in New Jersey for Toms River, Barnegat and Beachwood. 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 Ocean County by the Numbers

Ocean County has 224 farms on 6,961 acres (about 31 acres each). Together they sold $30.9 million of farm products in 2022, led by nursery & greenhouse plants, aquaculture and vegetables.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, peaches and pears, and local fields produce pumpkins, eggplant, potatoes and tomatoes. Beekeepers tend about 237 honey bee colonies.

72 farms in Ocean County already sell straight to the public, about $1.8 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 Ocean County

Ocean County farms and homesteads keep 2,321 egg-laying hens, 532 head of cattle and 531 horses and ponies. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 441 people run or help run farms in Ocean County, with an average age of 58. 36% of them are women. 18 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 16 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.