LACKAWANNA COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Lackawanna County has more backyard fruit trees and home gardens than anyone could eat from. Crop Market connects them with neighbors in Scranton, Clarks Summit and Eynon. Homemade jams, breads and honey are listed right next to fresh produce and seedlings. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Lackawanna County by the Numbers

Lackawanna County has 277 farms on 38,564 acres (about 139 acres each). Together they sold $16.3 million of farm products in 2022, led by nursery & greenhouse plants, hay & other field crops and corn.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, chestnuts and pears, and local fields produce pumpkins, sweet corn, tomatoes and potatoes. Beekeepers tend about 174 honey bee colonies.

30 farms in Lackawanna County already sell straight to the public, about $646,000 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 Lackawanna County

Lackawanna County farms and homesteads keep 2,752 head of cattle, 1,728 egg-laying hens and 427 horses and ponies. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 483 people run or help run farms in Lackawanna County, with an average age of 58. 36% of them are women. 39 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 5 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.