JUNIATA COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Buy local in Juniata County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in East Waterford, Honey Grove and Oakland Mills. Watch for local sweet corn 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 Juniata County by the Numbers

Juniata County has 514 farms on 85,960 acres (about 167 acres each). Together they sold $198.6 million of farm products in 2022, led by poultry & eggs, dairy (milk) and hogs.

Orchards and vineyards here grow grapes, and local fields produce sweet corn, cantaloupes, pumpkins and watermelons. Beekeepers tend about 247 honey bee colonies.

26 farms in Juniata County already sell straight to the public, about $687,000 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 Juniata County

Juniata County farms and homesteads keep 444,186 egg-laying hens, 119,181 turkeys and 23,738 head of cattle. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 928 people run or help run farms in Juniata County, with an average age of 53. 28% of them are women. 168 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 3 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Juniata County stands out: it ranks #13 of 67 PA counties for total farm sales and #13 of 63 PA counties for egg-laying hens.