DELAWARE COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 This is the Delaware County page of Crop Market, a free online farmers market in New York for Andes, Arkville and Davenport. Watch for local grapes when it comes into season in New York. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Delaware County by the Numbers

Delaware County has 579 farms on 128,232 acres (about 221 acres each). Together they sold $66.8 million of farm products in 2022, led by dairy (milk), hay & other field crops and cattle.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, grapes and peaches, and local fields produce sweet corn, pumpkins, potatoes and garlic. Beekeepers tend about 697 honey bee colonies.

124 farms in Delaware County already sell straight to the public, about $1.9 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 Delaware County

Delaware County farms and homesteads keep 19,254 head of cattle, 6,893 egg-laying hens and 1,734 sheep. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,084 people run or help run farms in Delaware County, with an average age of 60. 38% of them are women. 111 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 24 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.