NEWPORT COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 From Middletown to and Tiverton, Newport County gardeners, small farms and home cooks post their extra harvest here for people nearby. Watch for local honey when it comes into season in Rhode Island. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Newport County by the Numbers

Newport County has 200 farms on 8,193 acres (about 41 acres each). Together they sold $22.5 million of farm products in 2022, led by nursery & greenhouse plants, vegetables and fruit & nuts.

Orchards and vineyards here grow grapes, apples and pears, and local fields produce potatoes, sweet corn, squash and green beans. Beekeepers tend about 771 honey bee colonies.

64 farms in Newport County already sell straight to the public, about $6.7 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 Newport County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 1,942 egg-laying hens, 1,573 head of cattle and 458 horses and ponies in Newport County. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 380 people run or help run farms in Newport County, with an average age of 56. 40% of them are women. 35 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 11 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Newport County stands out: it ranks #1 of 5 RI counties for selling food straight to the public and #1 of 5 RI counties for honey bee colonies.