BLAIR COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Buy local in Blair County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Altoona, Bellwood and East Freedom. Homemade jams, breads and honey are listed right next to fresh produce and seedlings. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Blair County by the Numbers

Blair County has 456 farms on 95,605 acres (about 210 acres each). Together they sold $197.2 million of farm products in 2022, led by dairy (milk), corn and cattle.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples and walnuts, and local fields produce sweet corn, green beans, pumpkins and cantaloupes. Beekeepers tend about 47 honey bee colonies.

43 farms in Blair County already sell straight to the public, about $1 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 Blair County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 48,058 head of cattle, 976 hogs and 848 sheep in Blair County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 901 people run or help run farms in Blair County, with an average age of 53. 31% of them are women. 145 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 8 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Blair County stands out: it ranks #14 of 67 PA counties for total farm sales.