ADAMS COUNTY MARKET

Adams County, Pennsylvania Farmers Market — Buy & Sell Local Crops Near You

🌽 Buy local in Adams County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Abbottstown, Aspers and Gettysburg. Watch for local sweet corn when it comes into season in Pennsylvania. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Adams County by the Numbers

Adams County has 1,243 farms on 183,184 acres (about 147 acres each). Together they sold $324.2 million of farm products in 2022, led by fruit & nuts, poultry & eggs and dairy (milk).

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, peaches and tart cherries, and local fields produce pumpkins, sweet corn, potatoes and green beans. Beekeepers tend about 4,618 honey bee colonies.

158 farms in Adams County already sell straight to the public, about $10.8 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 Adams County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 394,532 turkeys, 347,255 egg-laying hens and 22,905 head of cattle in Adams County.

About 2,320 people run or help run farms in Adams County, with an average age of 55. 34% of them are women. 317 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 33 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Adams County stands out: it ranks #1 of 62 PA counties for honey bee colonies and #3 of 67 PA counties for selling food straight to the public.