SOMERSET COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 From Basking Ridge to Bridgewater, Somerset County gardeners, small farms and home cooks post their extra harvest here for people nearby. Watch for local tomatoes when it comes into season in New Jersey. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Somerset County by the Numbers

Somerset County has 469 farms on 30,015 acres (about 64 acres each). Together they sold $23.2 million of farm products in 2022, led by nursery & greenhouse plants, vegetables and poultry & eggs.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, grapes and peaches, and local fields produce pumpkins, green beans, broccoli and tomatoes. Beekeepers tend about 344 honey bee colonies.

97 farms in Somerset County already sell straight to the public, about $1.7 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 Somerset County

Somerset County farms and homesteads keep 8,786 egg-laying hens, 1,556 head of cattle and 976 sheep. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 861 people run or help run farms in Somerset County, with an average age of 59. 40% of them are women. 69 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 15 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.