MADISON COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Buy local in Madison County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Greenville, Lee and and Pinetta. 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 Madison County by the Numbers

Madison County has 645 farms on 159,522 acres (about 247 acres each). Together they sold $168.7 million of farm products in 2022, led by poultry & eggs, vegetables and nursery & greenhouse plants.

Orchards and vineyards here grow pecans, tangerines and persimmons. Beekeepers tend about 303 honey bee colonies.

13 farms in Madison County already sell straight to the public, about $33,000 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 Madison County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 26,480 head of cattle, 1,339 goats and 676 hogs in Madison County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,147 people run or help run farms in Madison County, with an average age of 61. 37% of them are women. 79 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 3 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Madison County stands out: it ranks #12 of 62 FL counties for goats.