MONROE COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 This is the Monroe County page of Crop Market, a free online farmers market in Florida for Big Pine Key, Islamorada and Ocean Reef. Florida favorites like strawberries and tomatoes show up here when they're in season. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Monroe County by the Numbers

Monroe County has 39 farms. Together they sold $10.5 million of farm products in 2022, led by aquaculture, nursery & greenhouse plants and corn.

Orchards and vineyards here grow avocados, bananas and mangoes. Beekeepers tend about 34 honey bee colonies.

5 farms in Monroe County already sell straight to the public, about $3,000 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 Monroe County

About 83 people run or help run farms in Monroe County, with an average age of 50. 12 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers.