FRANKLIN COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 This is the Franklin County page of Crop Market, a free online farmers market in New York for Bangor, Bombay and Constable. Fruit, vegetables, cottage foods, plants, seeds and farm gear are all welcome. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Franklin County by the Numbers

Franklin County has 575 farms on 139,642 acres (about 243 acres each). Together they sold $149 million of farm products in 2022, led by dairy (milk), cattle and hay & other field crops.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, plums and grapes, and local fields produce potatoes, pumpkins, squash and sweet corn. Beekeepers tend about 215 honey bee colonies.

71 farms in Franklin County already sell straight to the public, about $461,000 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 Franklin County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 95,414 egg-laying hens, 32,313 head of cattle and 803 horses and ponies in Franklin County. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 1,007 people run or help run farms in Franklin County, with an average age of 54. 34% of them are women. 137 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 7 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Franklin County stands out: it ranks #4 of 50 NY counties for egg-laying hens.