COLUMBIA COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Crop Market is a free online farmers market where neighbors in Aristes, Benton and Centralia buy and sell food they grew, baked or raised. Watch for local apples when it comes into season in Pennsylvania. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Columbia County by the Numbers

Columbia County has 688 farms on 92,500 acres (about 134 acres each). Together they sold $104 million of farm products in 2022, led by poultry & eggs, corn and vegetables.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, peaches and pawpaws, and local fields produce green beans, potatoes, chile peppers and squash.

51 farms in Columbia County already sell straight to the public, about $526,000 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 Columbia County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 22,317 hogs, 6,839 head of cattle and 1,815 sheep in Columbia County.

About 1,240 people run or help run farms in Columbia County, with an average age of 57. 37% of them are women. 119 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 13 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.