BRISTOL COUNTY MARKET

Bristol County, Rhode Island Farmers Market — Buy & Sell Local Crops Near You

🌽 This is the Bristol County page of Crop Market, a free online farmers market in Rhode Island for Barrington, Bristol and and Warren. Fruit, vegetables, cottage foods, plants, seeds and farm gear are all welcome. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Bristol County by the Numbers

Bristol County has 43 farms on 1,625 acres (about 38 acres each). Together they sold $1.4 million of farm products in 2022, led by nursery & greenhouse plants, vegetables and cattle.

Local fields produce tomatoes and fresh herbs. Beekeepers tend about 151 honey bee colonies.

4 farms in Bristol County already sell straight to the public, about $11,000 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 Bristol County

Bristol County farms and homesteads keep 150 head of cattle, 50 egg-laying hens and 24 sheep. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 96 people run or help run farms in Bristol County, with an average age of 63. 52% of them are women. 5 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 2 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.