YORK COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 From York to Delta, York County gardeners, small farms and home cooks post their extra harvest here for people nearby. Pennsylvania favorites like mushrooms and sweet corn show up here when they're in season. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in York County by the Numbers

York County has 1,929 farms on 243,980 acres (about 126 acres each). Together they sold $388.6 million of farm products in 2022, led by poultry & eggs, corn and cattle.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, peaches and grapes, and local fields produce green beans, pumpkins, sweet corn and potatoes. Beekeepers tend about 1,399 honey bee colonies.

226 farms in York County already sell straight to the public, about $4.7 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 York County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 492,083 egg-laying hens, 153,985 turkeys and 61,131 hogs in York County. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 3,554 people run or help run farms in York County, with an average age of 57. 37% of them are women. 300 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 28 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where York County stands out: it ranks #2 of 67 PA counties for number of farms and #5 of 62 PA counties for goats.