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Pennsylvania Locavore overview

Pennsylvania Locally Grown Product

There are plenty of seasonal Locavore opportunities to find exactly the fruit, vegetables, beef, lamb, poultry, wine or dairy products that you may be looking for. The 2007 USDA Farm Census reported that Pennsylvania had approximately 63,163 farms and the average number of acres per farm was 124. Of those farms, 4,338 showed that they raised vegetables for sale, there were 2,686 orchards, 680 organic farms and 379 CSAs in the state.

Synopsis of 2007 USDA Ag census for Pennsylvania

Classification
Number of farms within the State
Top five counties with the greatest number of farms in each type of classification
Farms with Vegetables harvested for sale
4,338
 Lancaster York Snyder Berks Cumberland
Number of Orchards
2,686
 Erie Lancaster Adams York Berks
Sweet Corn
2,342
 Lancaster York Berks Bucks Westmoreland
Potatoes
1,258
 Lancaster York Schuylkill Berks Mercer
Tomatoes
1,737
 Lancaster York Bucks Snyder Berks
Apples
1,886
 Lancaster Adams York Berks Erie
Peaches
970
 Lancaster Adams Berks York Snyder
Cantaloupe
480
 Lancaster Snyder Cumberland York Bedford
Watermelon
413
 Lancaster Snyder Cumberland York Berks
Strawberries
856
 Lancaster Snyder York Franklin Chester
Blueberries
538
 York Snyder Adams Chester Lancaster
Raspberries
492
 Lancaster York Berks Adams Bucks
Blackberries and Dewberries
192
 Lancaster York Bucks Chester Washington
Poultry and egg production
2,691
 Lancaster Lebanon Berks York Juniata
Dairy cattle and milk production
7,434
 Lancaster Franklin Chester Bradford Berks
Beef and Cattle ranches
8,350
 Lancaster Washington Greene Fayette Bradford
Bison
68
 Chester Franklin Juniata Lycoming Mercer
Aquaculture or other animal production
8,062
 Lancaster York Chester Washington Bucks
Farms that collect Honey
901
 Lancaster Berks York Butler Chester
Farms that collect Maple Syrup
530
 Somerset Bradford Tioga Crawford Erie