ALLEGHENY COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Allegheny County has more backyard fruit trees and home gardens than anyone could eat from. Crop Market connects them with neighbors in Mc Keesport, Allegheny and Bairdford. Fruit, vegetables, cottage foods, plants, seeds and farm gear are all welcome. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Allegheny County by the Numbers

Allegheny County has 372 farms on 27,412 acres (about 74 acres each). Together they sold $11.3 million of farm products in 2022, led by vegetables, nursery & greenhouse plants and hay & other field crops.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, peaches and grapes, and local fields produce sweet corn, tomatoes, pumpkins and bell peppers. Beekeepers tend about 1,585 honey bee colonies.

71 farms in Allegheny County already sell straight to the public, about $2.2 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 Allegheny County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Allegheny County counts 3,373 egg-laying hens, 1,613 head of cattle and 712 sheep. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 633 people run or help run farms in Allegheny County, with an average age of 57. 35% of them are women. 74 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 15 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Allegheny County stands out: it ranks #7 of 62 PA counties for honey bee colonies.