MONROE COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Buy local in Monroe County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Bartonsville, Blakeslee and Cresco. 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 Monroe County by the Numbers

Monroe County has 245 farms on 23,193 acres (about 95 acres each). Together they sold $12.8 million of farm products in 2022, led by vegetables, fruit & nuts and nursery & greenhouse plants.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, grapes and peaches, and local fields produce sweet corn, pumpkins, potatoes and tomatoes. Beekeepers tend about 176 honey bee colonies.

37 farms in Monroe County already sell straight to the public, about $1.2 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 Monroe County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 2,220 egg-laying hens, 461 head of cattle and 320 horses and ponies in Monroe County. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 488 people run or help run farms in Monroe County, with an average age of 60. 33% of them are women. 39 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.