FRANKLIN COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 From Blue Ridge Summi to Fayetteville, Franklin County gardeners, small farms and home cooks post their extra harvest here for people nearby. Homemade jams, breads and honey are listed right next to fresh produce and seedlings. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Franklin County by the Numbers

Franklin County has 1,439 farms on 263,611 acres (about 183 acres each). Together they sold $655.5 million of farm products in 2022, led by dairy (milk), poultry & eggs and corn.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, peaches and pears, and local fields produce pumpkins, squash, sweet corn and bell peppers. Beekeepers tend about 735 honey bee colonies.

156 farms in Franklin County already sell straight to the public, about $8.9 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 Franklin County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Franklin County counts 1,370,753 egg-laying hens, 308,370 turkeys and 120,078 head of cattle. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 2,713 people run or help run farms in Franklin County, with an average age of 52. 31% of them are women. 534 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 8 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Franklin County stands out: it ranks #3 of 62 PA counties for goats and #4 of 67 PA counties for selling food straight to the public.