LANCASTER COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Lancaster County has more backyard fruit trees and home gardens than anyone could eat from. Crop Market connects them with neighbors in Adamstown, Akron and Brunnerville. Watch for local maple syrup 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 Lancaster County by the Numbers

Lancaster County has 4,680 farms on 378,574 acres (about 81 acres each). Together they sold $1.9 billion of farm products in 2022, led by poultry & eggs, dairy (milk) and hogs.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, grapes and peaches, and local fields produce sweet corn, pumpkins, watermelons and tomatoes. Beekeepers tend about 1,887 honey bee colonies.

537 farms in Lancaster County already sell straight to the public, about $25.1 million 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 Lancaster County

Lancaster County farms and homesteads keep 13,735,352 egg-laying hens, 322,153 hogs and 235,758 turkeys. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 8,599 people run or help run farms in Lancaster County, with an average age of 48. 34% of them are women. 2,057 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 33 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Lancaster County stands out: it ranks #1 of 67 PA counties for selling food straight to the public and #1 of 67 PA counties for number of farms.