CENTRE COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Centre County has more backyard fruit trees and home gardens than anyone could eat from. Crop Market connects them with neighbors in State College, Aaronsburg and Clarence. Pennsylvania favorites like mushrooms and sweet corn show up here when they're in season. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Centre County by the Numbers

Centre County has 892 farms on 122,251 acres (about 137 acres each). Together they sold $98.8 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 green beans, sweet corn, potatoes and pumpkins. Beekeepers tend about 483 honey bee colonies.

103 farms in Centre County already sell straight to the public, about $3.4 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 Centre County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 20,375 head of cattle, 4,018 egg-laying hens and 3,250 hogs in Centre County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,596 people run or help run farms in Centre County, with an average age of 58. 35% of them are women. 165 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 10 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Centre County stands out: it ranks #12 of 67 PA counties for selling food straight to the public.