INDIANA COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Looking for food grown in Indiana County? Backyard growers and small farms around Alverda, Arcadia and Blairsville list it here. Watch for local apples when it comes into season in Pennsylvania. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Indiana County by the Numbers

Indiana County has 936 farms on 153,032 acres (about 163 acres each). Together they sold $100.8 million of farm products in 2022, led by dairy (milk), corn and nursery & greenhouse plants.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, peaches and pears, and local fields produce pumpkins, sweet corn, tomatoes and squash. Beekeepers tend about 208 honey bee colonies.

103 farms in Indiana County already sell straight to the public, about $830,000 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 Indiana County

Indiana County farms and homesteads keep 21,971 head of cattle, 4,440 egg-laying hens and 3,575 sheep. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,703 people run or help run farms in Indiana County, with an average age of 55. 35% of them are women. 243 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 11 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Indiana County stands out: it ranks #12 of 62 PA counties for goats.