CHESTER COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Looking for food grown in Chester County? Backyard growers and small farms around West Chester, Atglen and Brandamore list it here. Watch for local apples when it comes into season in Pennsylvania. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Chester County by the Numbers

Chester County has 1,558 farms on 143,442 acres (about 92 acres each). Together they sold $736.1 million of farm products in 2022, led by nursery & greenhouse plants, dairy (milk) and corn.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, grapes and peaches, and local fields produce potatoes, pumpkins, sweet corn and squash. Beekeepers tend about 2,287 honey bee colonies.

191 farms in Chester County already sell straight to the public, about $15.1 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 Chester County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Chester County counts 102,780 turkeys, 62,192 egg-laying hens and 26,190 head of cattle.

About 2,904 people run or help run farms in Chester County, with an average age of 55. 40% of them are women. 425 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 72 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Chester County stands out: it ranks #2 of 67 PA counties for selling food straight to the public and #2 of 67 PA counties for total farm sales.