PROVIDENCE COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 This is the Providence County page of Crop Market, a free online farmers market in Rhode Island for Cranston, Providence and Central Falls. Watch for local apples when it comes into season in Rhode Island. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Providence County by the Numbers

Providence County has 362 farms on 13,068 acres (about 36 acres each). Together they sold $16.3 million of farm products in 2022, led by nursery & greenhouse plants, vegetables and fruit & nuts.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, grapes and pears, and local fields produce sweet corn, pumpkins, squash and tomatoes. Beekeepers tend about 260 honey bee colonies.

93 farms in Providence County already sell straight to the public, about $2.4 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 Providence County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Providence County counts 38,421 egg-laying hens, 1,073 head of cattle and 742 hogs. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 635 people run or help run farms in Providence County, with an average age of 57. 44% of them are women. 60 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 20 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Providence County stands out: it ranks #1 of 5 RI counties for number of farms and #1 of 5 RI counties for egg-laying hens.