BERKS COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Berks County has more backyard fruit trees and home gardens than anyone could eat from. Crop Market connects them with neighbors in Reading, Bally and Bethel. Pennsylvania favorites like maple syrup and apples show up here when they're in season. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Berks County by the Numbers

Berks County has 1,767 farms on 208,478 acres (about 118 acres each). Together they sold $701.4 million of farm products in 2022, led by poultry & eggs, nursery & greenhouse plants and dairy (milk).

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, peaches and grapes, and local fields produce sweet corn, pumpkins, tomatoes and green beans. Beekeepers tend about 916 honey bee colonies.

251 farms in Berks County already sell straight to the public, about $7.6 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 Berks County

Berks County farms and homesteads keep 1,436,531 egg-laying hens, 73,042 hogs and 62,607 head of cattle. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 3,338 people run or help run farms in Berks County, with an average age of 53. 36% of them are women. 557 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 38 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Berks County stands out: it ranks #3 of 67 PA counties for number of farms and #3 of 67 PA counties for total farm sales.