BEDFORD COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Buy local in Bedford County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Alum Bank, Artemas and Clearville. Homemade jams, breads and honey are listed right next to fresh produce and seedlings. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Bedford County by the Numbers

Bedford County has 1,106 farms on 214,933 acres (about 194 acres each). Together they sold $143.8 million of farm products in 2022, led by dairy (milk), corn and cattle.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, grapes and peaches, and local fields produce sweet corn, pumpkins, potatoes and cucumbers. Beekeepers tend about 1,077 honey bee colonies.

112 farms in Bedford County already sell straight to the public, about $654,000 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 Bedford County

Bedford County farms and homesteads keep 41,483 head of cattle, 36,245 hogs and 32,583 egg-laying hens. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 2,028 people run or help run farms in Bedford County, with an average age of 56. 36% of them are women. 212 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 22 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Bedford County stands out: it ranks #10 of 67 PA counties for number of farms and #10 of 62 PA counties for goats.