GLADES COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 From Moore Haven, Glades County gardeners, small farms and home cooks post their extra harvest here for people nearby. Florida favorites like honey and citrus 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 Glades County by the Numbers

Glades County has 296 farms on 376,161 acres (about 1,271 acres each). Together they sold $125.4 million of farm products in 2022, led by hay & other field crops, nursery & greenhouse plants and vegetables.

Orchards and vineyards here grow oranges, and local fields produce sweet corn, tomatoes, collard greens and cabbage.

14 farms in Glades County already sell straight to the public, about $23,000 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 Glades County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Glades County counts 64,634 head of cattle, 603 egg-laying hens and 360 horses and ponies. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 506 people run or help run farms in Glades County, with an average age of 62. 38% of them are women. 19 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 7 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.