LEVY COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 From Bronson to Morriston, Levy County gardeners, small farms and home cooks post their extra harvest here for people nearby. 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 Levy County by the Numbers

Levy County has 993 farms on 198,497 acres (about 200 acres each). Together they sold $144.6 million of farm products in 2022, led by aquaculture, hay & other field crops and vegetables.

Orchards and vineyards here grow pecans, olives and pears, and local fields produce watermelons, sweet corn, potatoes and garlic. Beekeepers tend about 2,347 honey bee colonies.

33 farms in Levy County already sell straight to the public, about $153,000 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 Levy County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 46,261 head of cattle, 4,927 horses and ponies and 3,525 egg-laying hens in Levy County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,732 people run or help run farms in Levy County, with an average age of 59. 41% of them are women. 149 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 21 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Levy County stands out: it ranks #11 of 62 FL counties for goats and #12 of 67 FL counties for number of farms.