SCOTT COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Scott County has more backyard fruit trees and home gardens than anyone could eat from. Crop Market connects them with neighbors in Boles, Harvey and and Waldron. 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 Scott County by the Numbers

Scott County has 488 farms on 106,366 acres (about 218 acres each). Together they sold $239.5 million of farm products in 2022, led by poultry & eggs, cattle and hay & other field crops.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, pears and chestnuts, and local fields produce cucumbers, chile peppers, tomatoes and okra. Beekeepers tend about 21 honey bee colonies.

3 farms in Scott County already sell straight to the public, about $4,000 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 Scott County

Scott County farms and homesteads keep 89,398 egg-laying hens, 25,991 head of cattle and 592 horses and ponies. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 867 people run or help run farms in Scott County, with an average age of 60. 40% of them are women. 45 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers.