JEFFERSON COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Buy local in Jefferson County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Anita, Big Run and Corsica. Pennsylvania favorites like apples and mushrooms show up here when they're in season. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Jefferson County by the Numbers

Jefferson County has 483 farms on 78,845 acres (about 163 acres each). Together they sold $32.9 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, corn and dairy (milk).

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, chestnuts and grapes, and local fields produce potatoes, sweet corn, tomatoes and green onions. Beekeepers tend about 107 honey bee colonies.

38 farms in Jefferson County already sell straight to the public, about $291,000 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 Jefferson County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 8,367 head of cattle, 1,419 egg-laying hens and 1,405 sheep in Jefferson County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 796 people run or help run farms in Jefferson County, with an average age of 59. 34% of them are women. 49 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 6 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.