MIAMI-DADE COUNTY MARKET

Miami-Dade County, Florida Farmers Market — Buy & Sell Local Crops Near You

🌽 Miami-Dade County has more backyard fruit trees and home gardens than anyone could eat from. Crop Market connects them with neighbors in Miami, Hialeah and Olympia Heights. 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 Miami-Dade County by the Numbers

Miami-Dade County has 2,664 farms on 68,837 acres (about 26 acres each). Together they sold $1.1 billion of farm products in 2022, led by nursery & greenhouse plants, vegetables and fruit & nuts.

Orchards and vineyards here grow avocados, guavas and mangoes, and local fields produce green beans, squash, sweet corn and tomatoes. Beekeepers tend about 10,584 honey bee colonies.

369 farms in Miami-Dade County already sell straight to the public, about $6.5 million 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 Miami-Dade County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 36,755 egg-laying hens, 7,668 head of cattle and 2,160 turkeys in Miami-Dade County. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 4,629 people run or help run farms in Miami-Dade County, with an average age of 58. 37% of them are women. 269 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 67 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Miami-Dade County stands out: it ranks #1 of 65 FL counties for selling food straight to the public and #2 of 67 FL counties for number of farms.