ORANGE COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Orange County has more backyard fruit trees and home gardens than anyone could eat from. Crop Market connects them with neighbors in East Corinth, Bradford and East Barre. Watch for local honey when it comes into season in Vermont. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Orange County by the Numbers

Orange County has 527 farms on 87,430 acres (about 166 acres each). Together they sold $67 million of farm products in 2022, led by dairy (milk), hay & other field crops and maple syrup.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, pears and plums, and local fields produce potatoes, sweet corn, tomatoes and carrots. Beekeepers tend about 56 honey bee colonies.

140 farms in Orange County already sell straight to the public, about $3.5 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 Orange County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 17,068 head of cattle, 4,004 egg-laying hens and 973 sheep in Orange County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,023 people run or help run farms in Orange County, with an average age of 58. 42% of them are women. 97 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 12 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.