WARREN COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Looking for food grown in Warren County? Backyard growers and small farms around Alpha, Belvidere and Great Meadows list it here. Watch for local peaches 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 Warren County by the Numbers

Warren County has 923 farms on 70,747 acres (about 77 acres each). Together they sold $128.3 million of farm products in 2022, led by nursery & greenhouse plants, corn and vegetables.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, grapes and peaches, and local fields produce pumpkins, sweet corn, squash and bell peppers. Beekeepers tend about 549 honey bee colonies.

184 farms in Warren County already sell straight to the public, about $5.6 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 Warren County

Warren County farms and homesteads keep 3,252 head of cattle, 1,309 sheep and 1,150 horses and ponies. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,681 people run or help run farms in Warren County, with an average age of 60. 39% of them are women. 92 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 25 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Warren County stands out: it ranks #5 of 21 NJ counties for number of farms.