UNION COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Crop Market is a free online farmers market where neighbors in Elizabeth, North Plainfield and Fanwood buy and sell food they grew, baked or raised. Watch for local blueberries when it comes into season in New Jersey. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Union County by the Numbers

Union County has 15 farms on 139 acres (about 9 acres each). Together they sold $315,000 of farm products in 2022.

Local fields produce cauliflower, green beans, eggplant and watermelons. Beekeepers tend about 12 honey bee colonies.

1 farms in Union County already sell straight to the public. 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 Union County

Union County farms and homesteads keep 22 head of cattle. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 40 people run or help run farms in Union County, with an average age of 59. 48% of them are women.