DUVAL COUNTY MARKET

Duval County, Florida Farmers Market — Buy & Sell Local Crops Near You

🌽 From Jacksonville to Jacksonville N A, Duval County gardeners, small farms and home cooks post their extra harvest here for people nearby. Florida favorites like strawberries and tomatoes show up here when they're in season. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Duval County by the Numbers

Duval County has 314 farms on 20,593 acres (about 66 acres each). Together they sold $6.8 million of farm products in 2022, led by nursery & greenhouse plants, cattle and fruit & nuts.

Orchards and vineyards here grow pecans, chestnuts and grapes, and local fields produce tomatoes, okra, lettuce and green beans. Beekeepers tend about 607 honey bee colonies.

49 farms in Duval County already sell straight to the public, about $444,000 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 Duval County

Duval County farms and homesteads keep 2,904 head of cattle, 1,023 egg-laying hens and 680 goats. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 554 people run or help run farms in Duval County, with an average age of 61. 47% of them are women. 38 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 14 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.