FULTON COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Crop Market is a free online farmers market where neighbors in Broadalbin, Caroga Lake and Mayfield buy and sell food they grew, baked or raised. New York favorites like sweet corn and maple syrup show up here when they're in season. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Fulton County by the Numbers

Fulton County has 205 farms on 23,234 acres (about 113 acres each). Together they sold $9.4 million of farm products in 2022, led by dairy (milk), hay & other field crops and cattle.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples and tart cherries, and local fields produce sweet corn, squash, tomatoes and garlic. Beekeepers tend about 205 honey bee colonies.

34 farms in Fulton County already sell straight to the public, about $476,000 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 Fulton County

Fulton County farms and homesteads keep 1,908 head of cattle, 637 egg-laying hens and 399 horses and ponies. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 366 people run or help run farms in Fulton County, with an average age of 57. 40% of them are women. 23 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 4 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.