ERIE COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Erie County has more backyard fruit trees and home gardens than anyone could eat from. Crop Market connects them with neighbors in Erie, Corry and Fairview. Pennsylvania favorites like maple syrup and apples show up here when they're in season. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Erie County by the Numbers

Erie County has 1,052 farms on 136,116 acres (about 129 acres each). Together they sold $118.5 million of farm products in 2022, led by fruit & nuts, nursery & greenhouse plants and corn.

Orchards and vineyards here grow grapes, apples and peaches, and local fields produce potatoes, sweet corn, pumpkins and tomatoes. Beekeepers tend about 842 honey bee colonies.

135 farms in Erie County already sell straight to the public, about $1.3 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 Erie County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Erie County counts 8,883 head of cattle, 4,352 egg-laying hens and 1,310 horses and ponies. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,949 people run or help run farms in Erie County, with an average age of 59. 36% of them are women. 150 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.

Where Erie County stands out: it ranks #11 of 67 PA counties for number of farms.