WASHINGTON COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Crop Market is a free online farmers market where neighbors in Richmond, Narragansett and Charlestown buy and sell food they grew, baked or raised. Homemade jams, breads and honey are listed right next to fresh produce and seedlings. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Washington County by the Numbers

Washington County has 324 farms on 27,496 acres (about 85 acres each). Together they sold $49.4 million of farm products in 2022, led by nursery & greenhouse plants, aquaculture and vegetables.

Orchards and vineyards here grow grapes, and local fields produce sweet corn, tomatoes, potatoes and squash. Beekeepers tend about 170 honey bee colonies.

87 farms in Washington County already sell straight to the public, about $1.7 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 Washington County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Washington County counts 3,542 egg-laying hens, 832 head of cattle and 362 sheep. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 602 people run or help run farms in Washington County, with an average age of 55. 43% of them are women. 75 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 8 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Washington County stands out: it ranks #1 of 5 RI counties for total farm sales and #2 of 5 RI counties for number of farms.