CRAWFORD COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Buy local in Crawford County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Adamsville, Atlantic and Conneaut Lake. Homemade jams, breads and honey are listed right next to fresh produce and seedlings. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Crawford County by the Numbers

Crawford County has 1,022 farms on 204,717 acres (about 200 acres each). Together they sold $130.8 million of farm products in 2022, led by dairy (milk), corn and cattle.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, pawpaws and grapes, and local fields produce pumpkins, sweet corn, squash and tomatoes. Beekeepers tend about 608 honey bee colonies.

97 farms in Crawford County already sell straight to the public, about $693,000 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 Crawford County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 32,368 head of cattle, 5,239 egg-laying hens and 2,327 sheep in Crawford County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,893 people run or help run farms in Crawford County, with an average age of 55. 34% of them are women. 237 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 6 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Crawford County stands out: it ranks #13 of 67 PA counties for number of farms.