PERRY COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Buy local in Perry County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Blain, Duncannon and Liverpool. Homemade jams, breads and honey are listed right next to fresh produce and seedlings. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Perry County by the Numbers

Perry County has 661 farms on 116,001 acres (about 175 acres each). Together they sold $275 million of farm products in 2022, led by poultry & eggs, dairy (milk) and hogs.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, grapes and pears, and local fields produce tomatoes, sweet corn, lettuce and squash. Beekeepers tend about 626 honey bee colonies.

52 farms in Perry County already sell straight to the public, about $2.7 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 Perry County

Perry County farms and homesteads keep 473,393 egg-laying hens, 121,236 turkeys and 102,816 hogs. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 1,195 people run or help run farms in Perry County, with an average age of 54. 33% of them are women. 172 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 13 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Perry County stands out: it ranks #9 of 67 PA counties for total farm sales and #12 of 63 PA counties for egg-laying hens.