TIOGA COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Looking for food grown in Tioga County? Backyard growers and small farms around Apalachin, Barton and Newark Valley list it here. Watch for local apples when it comes into season in New York. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Tioga County by the Numbers

Tioga County has 502 farms on 118,841 acres (about 237 acres each). Together they sold $67 million of farm products in 2022, led by dairy (milk), hay & other field crops and corn.

Orchards and vineyards here grow chestnuts, apples and pears, and local fields produce sweet corn, pumpkins, garlic and potatoes. Beekeepers tend about 255 honey bee colonies.

56 farms in Tioga County already sell straight to the public, about $567,000 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 Tioga County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Tioga County counts 19,446 head of cattle, 3,156 sheep and 2,876 egg-laying hens. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 956 people run or help run farms in Tioga County, with an average age of 58. 40% of them are women. 127 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.