GREENE COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Crop Market is a free online farmers market where neighbors in Aleppo, Bobtown and Crucible buy and sell food they grew, baked or raised. Pennsylvania favorites like sweet corn and maple syrup show up here when they're in season. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Greene County by the Numbers

Greene County has 643 farms on 104,424 acres (about 162 acres each). Together they sold $10.9 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, hay & other field crops and fruit & nuts.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples and peaches, and local fields produce sweet corn, potatoes, asparagus and beets. Beekeepers tend about 62 honey bee colonies.

24 farms in Greene County already sell straight to the public, about $122,000 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 Greene County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Greene County counts 9,670 head of cattle, 2,475 sheep and 1,419 egg-laying hens. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,090 people run or help run farms in Greene County, with an average age of 60. 37% of them are women. 102 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 1 farm earns money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.