RENSSELAER COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Buy local in Rensselaer County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Stephentown, Troy and Castleton On Hud. Homemade jams, breads and honey are listed right next to fresh produce and seedlings. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Rensselaer County by the Numbers

Rensselaer County has 483 farms on 72,542 acres (about 150 acres each). Together they sold $61.9 million of farm products in 2022, led by dairy (milk), nursery & greenhouse plants and vegetables.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, peaches and grapes, and local fields produce sweet corn, pumpkins, squash and bell peppers. Beekeepers tend about 312 honey bee colonies.

105 farms in Rensselaer County already sell straight to the public, about $2.6 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 Rensselaer County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Rensselaer County counts 10,635 egg-laying hens, 9,862 head of cattle and 1,248 sheep. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 987 people run or help run farms in Rensselaer County, with an average age of 57. 41% of them are women. 131 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 8 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Rensselaer County stands out: it ranks #9 of 54 NY counties for goats and #10 of 50 NY counties for egg-laying hens.