JACKSON COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Crop Market is a free online farmers market where neighbors in Marianna, Alford and Cypress buy and sell food they grew, baked or raised. Homemade jams, breads and honey are listed right next to fresh produce and seedlings. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Jackson County by the Numbers

Jackson County has 942 farms on 255,873 acres (about 272 acres each). Together they sold $112.2 million of farm products in 2022, led by hay & other field crops, cotton and vegetables.

Orchards and vineyards here grow pecans, grapes and tangerines, and local fields produce cucumbers, green beans, watermelons and squash. Beekeepers tend about 926 honey bee colonies.

45 farms in Jackson County already sell straight to the public, about $134,000 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 Jackson County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 34,278 head of cattle, 2,740 egg-laying hens and 804 horses and ponies in Jackson County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,592 people run or help run farms in Jackson County, with an average age of 62. 36% of them are women. 82 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 Jackson County stands out: it ranks #13 of 67 FL counties for number of farms.