BEAVER COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Beaver County has more backyard fruit trees and home gardens than anyone could eat from. Crop Market connects them with neighbors in Baden, Beaver and Fairoaks. Homemade jams, breads and honey are listed right next to fresh produce and seedlings. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Beaver County by the Numbers

Beaver County has 539 farms on 49,276 acres (about 91 acres each). Together they sold $23.9 million of farm products in 2022, led by corn, hay & other field crops and dairy (milk).

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, peaches and pears, and local fields produce sweet corn, pumpkins, tomatoes and squash. Beekeepers tend about 952 honey bee colonies.

82 farms in Beaver County already sell straight to the public, about $1.2 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 Beaver County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 5,011 head of cattle, 2,493 egg-laying hens and 1,312 hogs in Beaver County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,103 people run or help run farms in Beaver County, with an average age of 56. 41% of them are women. 137 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 11 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Beaver County stands out: it ranks #13 of 62 PA counties for honey bee colonies.