ASHLEY COUNTY MARKET

Ashley County, Arkansas Farmers Market — Buy & Sell Local Crops Near You

🌽 Crop Market is a free online farmers market where neighbors in Fountain Hill, Hamburg and Portland buy and sell food they grew, baked or raised. Homemade jams, breads and honey are listed right next to fresh produce and seedlings. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Ashley County by the Numbers

Ashley County has 321 farms on 146,003 acres (about 455 acres each). Together they sold $115.7 million of farm products in 2022, led by soybeans, corn and cotton.

Orchards and vineyards here grow pecans, and local fields produce tomatoes and potatoes. Beekeepers tend about 72 honey bee colonies.

9 farms in Ashley County already sell straight to the public, about $30,000 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 Ashley County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Ashley County counts 245,346 egg-laying hens, 2,779 head of cattle and 378 goats. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 567 people run or help run farms in Ashley County, with an average age of 57. 39% of them are women. 76 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.