GILCHRIST COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Looking for food grown in Gilchrist County? Backyard growers and small farms around Bell, and Trenton list it here. 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 Gilchrist County by the Numbers

Gilchrist County has 549 farms on 106,752 acres (about 194 acres each). Together they sold $216.4 million of farm products in 2022, led by dairy (milk), vegetables and cattle.

Orchards and vineyards here grow pecans, chestnuts and tangerines, and local fields produce watermelons, green beans, squash and bell peppers. Beekeepers tend about 87 honey bee colonies.

15 farms in Gilchrist County already sell straight to the public, about $236,000 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 Gilchrist County

Gilchrist County farms and homesteads keep 37,733 head of cattle, 1,971 egg-laying hens and 1,955 goats. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 952 people run or help run farms in Gilchrist County, with an average age of 59. 41% of them are women. 81 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.

Where Gilchrist County stands out: it ranks #6 of 62 FL counties for goats.