OKALOOSA COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Looking for food grown in Okaloosa County? Backyard growers and small farms around Fort Walton Beac, Baker and Hurlburt Field list it here. Homemade jams, breads and honey are listed right next to fresh produce and seedlings. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Okaloosa County by the Numbers

Okaloosa County has 444 farms on 47,711 acres (about 107 acres each). Together they sold $6.5 million of farm products in 2022, led by cotton, hay & other field crops and fruit & nuts.

Orchards and vineyards here grow pecans, grapes and figs, and local fields produce watermelons, tomatoes, bell peppers and sweet corn. Beekeepers tend about 226 honey bee colonies.

34 farms in Okaloosa County already sell straight to the public, about $129,000 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 Okaloosa County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 2,741 head of cattle, 1,303 egg-laying hens and 606 goats in Okaloosa County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 734 people run or help run farms in Okaloosa County, with an average age of 63. 38% of them are women. 8 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 8 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.