ULSTER COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 This is the Ulster County page of Crop Market, a free online farmers market in New York for Accord, Bloomington and Clintondale. Watch for local grapes when it comes into season in New York. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Ulster County by the Numbers

Ulster County has 486 farms on 73,026 acres (about 150 acres each). Together they sold $105.5 million of farm products in 2022, led by fruit & nuts, vegetables and horses.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, grapes and peaches, and local fields produce sweet corn, pumpkins, tomatoes and squash. Beekeepers tend about 169 honey bee colonies.

112 farms in Ulster County already sell straight to the public, about $10.7 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 Ulster County

Ulster County farms and homesteads keep 4,461 egg-laying hens, 2,962 head of cattle and 1,693 horses and ponies. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 1,020 people run or help run farms in Ulster County, with an average age of 58. 40% of them are women. 79 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 31 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Ulster County stands out: it ranks #7 of 59 NY counties for selling food straight to the public.