LUZERNE COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Luzerne County has more backyard fruit trees and home gardens than anyone could eat from. Crop Market connects them with neighbors in Wilkes Barre, Ashley and Cambra. Fruit, vegetables, cottage foods, plants, seeds and farm gear are all welcome. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Luzerne County by the Numbers

Luzerne County has 376 farms on 55,162 acres (about 147 acres each). Together they sold $30.3 million of farm products in 2022, led by corn, fruit & nuts and vegetables.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, peaches and grapes, and local fields produce pumpkins, sweet corn, potatoes and chile peppers. Beekeepers tend about 215 honey bee colonies.

81 farms in Luzerne County already sell straight to the public, about $3.2 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 Luzerne County

Luzerne County farms and homesteads keep 2,322 head of cattle, 2,277 egg-laying hens and 958 sheep. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 712 people run or help run farms in Luzerne County, with an average age of 60. 32% of them are women. 56 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 10 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Luzerne County stands out: it ranks #13 of 67 PA counties for selling food straight to the public.