HOLMES COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 From Bonifay to and Westville, Holmes County gardeners, small farms and home cooks post their extra harvest here for people nearby. Fruit, vegetables, cottage foods, plants, seeds and farm gear are all welcome. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Holmes County by the Numbers

Holmes County has 629 farms on 83,866 acres (about 133 acres each). Together they sold $30.9 million of farm products in 2022, led by nursery & greenhouse plants, cattle and hay & other field crops.

Orchards and vineyards here grow pecans and walnuts, and local fields produce sweet corn, tomatoes, watermelons and squash. Beekeepers tend about 99 honey bee colonies.

22 farms in Holmes County already sell straight to the public. 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 Holmes County

Holmes County farms and homesteads keep 12,401 head of cattle, 1,316 egg-laying hens and 720 goats. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,044 people run or help run farms in Holmes County, with an average age of 62. 42% of them are women. 35 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 1 farm earns money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.