CLINTON COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 From Altona to Chazy, Clinton County gardeners, small farms and home cooks post their extra harvest here for people nearby. Homemade jams, breads and honey are listed right next to fresh produce and seedlings. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Clinton County by the Numbers

Clinton County has 536 farms on 150,155 acres (about 280 acres each). Together they sold $325.8 million of farm products in 2022, led by dairy (milk), fruit & nuts and hay & other field crops.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples and grapes, and local fields produce potatoes, sweet corn, tomatoes and pumpkins. Beekeepers tend about 1,064 honey bee colonies.

92 farms in Clinton County already sell straight to the public, about $1.2 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 Clinton County

Clinton County farms and homesteads keep 47,039 head of cattle, 734 horses and ponies and 441 sheep. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 934 people run or help run farms in Clinton County, with an average age of 57. 35% of them are women. 53 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 18 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Clinton County stands out: it ranks #6 of 60 NY counties for total farm sales.