ORANGE COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Buy local in Orange County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Campbell Hall, Central Valley and Cornwall On Huds. New York favorites like apples and grapes show up here when they're in season. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Orange County by the Numbers

Orange County has 613 farms on 65,706 acres (about 107 acres each). Together they sold $95.6 million of farm products in 2022, led by vegetables, nursery & greenhouse plants and dairy (milk).

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, hazelnuts and plums, and local fields produce onions, lettuce, sweet corn and pumpkins. Beekeepers tend about 437 honey bee colonies.

123 farms in Orange County already sell straight to the public, about $5.7 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 Orange County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 8,900 egg-laying hens, 4,932 head of cattle and 3,682 horses and ponies in Orange County. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 1,251 people run or help run farms in Orange County, with an average age of 56. 40% of them are women. 162 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 49 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Orange County stands out: it ranks #5 of 54 NY counties for goats.