ROCKLAND COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Crop Market is a free online farmers market where neighbors in Bardonia, Blauvelt and Haverstraw buy and sell food they grew, baked or raised. Watch for local sweet corn when it comes into season in New York. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Rockland County by the Numbers

Rockland County has 18 farms on 442 acres (about 25 acres each). Together they sold $4 million of farm products in 2022, led by vegetables and honey.

Beekeepers tend about 62 honey bee colonies.

9 farms in Rockland County already sell straight to the public, about $638,000 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 Rockland County

Rockland County farms and homesteads keep 116 egg-laying hens. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 44 people run or help run farms in Rockland County, with an average age of 60. 45% of them are women. 3 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.