SARATOGA COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Looking for food grown in Saratoga County? Backyard growers and small farms around Ballston Lake, Ballston Spa and Galway list it here. 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 Saratoga County by the Numbers

Saratoga County has 604 farms on 73,771 acres (about 122 acres each). Together they sold $115.5 million of farm products in 2022, led by dairy (milk), fruit & nuts and nursery & greenhouse plants.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples and sweet cherries, and local fields produce pumpkins, sweet corn, squash and tomatoes. Beekeepers tend about 425 honey bee colonies.

127 farms in Saratoga County already sell straight to the public, about $12.1 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 Saratoga County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 17,508 head of cattle, 4,442 horses and ponies and 845 goats in Saratoga County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,199 people run or help run farms in Saratoga County, with an average age of 57. 41% of them are women. 122 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 25 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Saratoga County stands out: it ranks #4 of 59 NY counties for selling food straight to the public and #8 of 54 NY counties for goats.