ORLEANS COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Looking for food grown in Orleans County? Backyard growers and small farms around Albion, Hulberton and Medina list it here. 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 Orleans County by the Numbers

Orleans County has 444 farms on 130,055 acres (about 293 acres each). Together they sold $233.6 million of farm products in 2022, led by fruit & nuts, vegetables and corn.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, peaches and sweet cherries, and local fields produce green beans, sweet corn, cabbage and onions. Beekeepers tend about 479 honey bee colonies.

77 farms in Orleans County already sell straight to the public, about $1.8 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 Orleans County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 7,689 head of cattle, 1,621 egg-laying hens and 1,422 sheep in Orleans County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 823 people run or help run farms in Orleans County, with an average age of 56. 35% of them are women. 99 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 15 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.