ALBANY COUNTY MARKET

Albany County, New York Farmers Market — Buy & Sell Local Crops Near You

🌽 Albany County has more backyard fruit trees and home gardens than anyone could eat from. Crop Market connects them with neighbors in Albany, Altamont and Coeymans Hollow. New York favorites like grapes and sweet corn show up here when they're in season. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Albany County by the Numbers

Albany County has 349 farms on 50,151 acres (about 144 acres each). Together they sold $47.9 million of farm products in 2022, led by corn, fruit & nuts and hay & other field crops.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, pears and peaches, and local fields produce sweet corn, pumpkins, tomatoes and squash. Beekeepers tend about 473 honey bee colonies.

81 farms in Albany County already sell straight to the public, about $2 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 Albany County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Albany County counts 5,764 head of cattle, 3,733 egg-laying hens and 942 sheep. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 669 people run or help run farms in Albany County, with an average age of 58. 44% of them are women. 69 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 11 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.