PUTNAM COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 From Brewster to Mahopac, Putnam County gardeners, small farms and home cooks post their extra harvest here for people nearby. Homemade jams, breads and honey are listed right next to fresh produce and seedlings. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Putnam County by the Numbers

Putnam County has 68 farms on 3,992 acres (about 59 acres each). Together they sold $1.5 million of farm products in 2022, led by nursery & greenhouse plants, vegetables and poultry & eggs.

Orchards and vineyards here grow grapes, apples and plums, and local fields produce bell peppers, green beans, squash and chile peppers. Beekeepers tend about 53 honey bee colonies.

9 farms in Putnam County already sell straight to the public, about $82,000 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 Putnam County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 911 egg-laying hens, 500 horses and ponies and 180 turkeys in Putnam County. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 126 people run or help run farms in Putnam County, with an average age of 62. 44% of them are women. 1 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.