PIKE COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Pike County has more backyard fruit trees and home gardens than anyone could eat from. Crop Market connects them with neighbors in Bushkill, Dingmans Ferry and Lackawaxen. Pennsylvania favorites like mushrooms and sweet corn show up here when they're in season. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Pike County by the Numbers

Pike County has 58 farms on 31,311 acres (about 540 acres each). Together they sold $1.2 million of farm products in 2022, led by hay & other field crops, fruit & nuts and nursery & greenhouse plants.

Local fields produce fresh herbs, watermelons and sweet corn. Beekeepers tend about 49 honey bee colonies.

22 farms in Pike County already sell straight to the public, about $102,000 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 Pike County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Pike County counts 787 egg-laying hens, 57 horses and ponies and 25 turkeys. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 140 people run or help run farms in Pike County, with an average age of 55. 42% of them are women. 19 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 4 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.