ESSEX COUNTY MARKET

Essex County, Vermont Farmers Market — Buy & Sell Local Crops Near You

🌽 Essex County has more backyard fruit trees and home gardens than anyone could eat from. Crop Market connects them with neighbors in Beecher Falls, Canaan and Granby. Homemade jams, breads and honey are listed right next to fresh produce and seedlings. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Essex County by the Numbers

Essex County has 98 farms on 37,842 acres (about 386 acres each). Together they sold $15.2 million of farm products in 2022, led by hay & other field crops, maple syrup and dairy (milk).

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, and local fields produce potatoes and pumpkins.

20 farms in Essex County already sell straight to the public, about $768,000 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 Essex County

Essex County farms and homesteads keep 1,256 head of cattle, 189 goats and 132 turkeys. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 183 people run or help run farms in Essex County, with an average age of 58. 40% of them are women. 19 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 6 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.