LIVINGSTON COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 This is the Livingston County page of Crop Market, a free online farmers market in New York for Avon, Caledonia and Geneseo. 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 Livingston County by the Numbers

Livingston County has 612 farms on 196,542 acres (about 321 acres each). Together they sold $288.1 million of farm products in 2022, led by dairy (milk), corn and cattle.

Orchards and vineyards here grow grapes and apples, and local fields produce green beans, green peas, potatoes and sweet corn. Beekeepers tend about 347 honey bee colonies.

108 farms in Livingston County already sell straight to the public, about $3.1 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 Livingston County

Livingston County farms and homesteads keep 55,686 head of cattle, 10,714 sheep and 2,539 egg-laying hens. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,110 people run or help run farms in Livingston County, with an average age of 59. 39% of them are women. 90 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.

Where Livingston County stands out: it ranks #8 of 60 NY counties for total farm sales.