FULTON COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Crop Market is a free online farmers market where neighbors in Big Cove Tannery, Burnt Cabins and Hustontown buy and sell food they grew, baked or raised. Watch for local apples when it comes into season in Pennsylvania. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Fulton County by the Numbers

Fulton County has 501 farms on 93,715 acres (about 187 acres each). Together they sold $90.6 million of farm products in 2022, led by dairy (milk), hogs and corn.

Local fields produce potatoes, bell peppers, chile peppers and watermelons.

20 farms in Fulton County already sell straight to the public, about $68,000 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 Fulton County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 67,697 turkeys, 44,468 hogs and 15,275 head of cattle in Fulton County.

About 834 people run or help run farms in Fulton County, with an average age of 59. 30% of them are women. 76 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.