Farms and markets by state

Key findings — October 2026

• The directory tracks 33,112 local-food listings across 51 states, including 14,296 farmers markets and 13,445 agritourism farms.
• New York has the most listings of any state: 2,569.
• New York leads on farmers markets outright, with 1,489.
• Per resident, the local-food capital is Vermont: 73.9 listings per 100,000 residents, against a national rate of 10.

Methodology

• What is counted. Public listings in the RipeNearby directory: farmers markets, agritourism farms (u-pick operations, hayrides, seasonal attractions), farm stands, CSAs and food hubs. A listing can carry more than one type — a farm that is both an agritourism operation and a farm stand counts in both type columns but once in the total.
• Where the data comes from. USDA Agricultural Marketing Service Local Food Directories and other public datasets, deduplicated and refreshed on a rolling schedule. Full detail, including the age of each source, is on the data sources page.
• Per-capita denominator. Resident population from the 2020 U.S. Census, so the rate is reproducible from a fixed public figure. The per-capita leader call-out is limited to states with at least 25 listings.
• What this is not. A census of every farm in America. These are the farms and markets in public directories — real coverage varies by state, and directory counts move as sources refresh.

Using these numbers

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RipeNearby, “Farms and markets by state,” October 2026. https://ripenearby.com/farms-by-state

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