SUSSEX COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Crop Market is a free online farmers market where neighbors in Andover, Augusta and Glenwood buy and sell food they grew, baked or raised. New Jersey favorites like peaches and cranberries show up here when they're in season. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Sussex County by the Numbers

Sussex County has 1,052 farms on 71,688 acres (about 68 acres each). Together they sold $31 million of farm products in 2022, led by dairy (milk), vegetables and hay & other field crops.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, peaches and pears, and local fields produce sweet corn, pumpkins, tomatoes and squash. Beekeepers tend about 861 honey bee colonies.

215 farms in Sussex County already sell straight to the public, about $1.5 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 Sussex County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 9,889 egg-laying hens, 4,665 head of cattle and 1,531 horses and ponies in Sussex County. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 1,956 people run or help run farms in Sussex County, with an average age of 60. 40% of them are women. 150 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 21 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Sussex County stands out: it ranks #2 of 21 NJ counties for number of farms and #3 of 17 NJ counties for goats.