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Nantucket County

Farmland

  • Farmland in Nantucket County totals 1,049 acres on 13 farms.
  • The average farm size in the county is 58 acres.

Economics & Employment

  • Almost all Nantucket farmers were full-time farmers in 2002.
  • Nantucket County farms sold more than $2.6 million worth of agricultural products in 2002.
  • 67 workers are employed on 5 farms on Nantucket.
  • Barnstable County farms paid more than $1 million in wages to workers in 1997.
  • The vast majority of Nantucket County farms are family owned and operated, including sole proprietorships, partnerships and family-held corporations.

Crops

  • The major commodity group in Nantucket County is greenhouse and nursery, sold by 10 farms and comprising 34 percent of agricultural sales.
  • Other major crops include vegetables as well as fruits and berries.
  • Four farms are engaged in direct marketing.

Sources: New England Agricultural Statistics, 2006; and U.S. Census of Agriculture, 2002
Compiled by: Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources.
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