SULLIVAN COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Crop Market is a free online farmers market where neighbors in Dushore, Eagles Mere and Lopez buy and sell food they grew, baked or raised. 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 Sullivan County by the Numbers

Sullivan County has 151 farms on 33,180 acres (about 220 acres each). Together they sold $6.8 million of farm products in 2022, led by dairy (milk), corn and hay & other field crops.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples and peaches. Beekeepers tend about 12 honey bee colonies.

9 farms in Sullivan County already sell straight to the public, about $548,000 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 Sullivan County

Sullivan County farms and homesteads keep 1,806 head of cattle, 279 egg-laying hens and 140 horses and ponies. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 302 people run or help run farms in Sullivan County, with an average age of 62. 29% of them are women. 22 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.