ORANGE COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 From Orlando to Christmas, Orange 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. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Orange County by the Numbers

Orange County has 600 farms on 118,397 acres (about 197 acres each). Together they sold $394.6 million of farm products in 2022, led by nursery & greenhouse plants, cattle and fruit & nuts.

Orchards and vineyards here grow oranges, avocados and grapes, and local fields produce cucumbers, broccoli, green beans and spinach. Beekeepers tend about 11,154 honey bee colonies.

38 farms in Orange County already sell straight to the public, about $616,000 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 Orange County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 16,382 head of cattle, 2,714 egg-laying hens and 907 goats in Orange County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,163 people run or help run farms in Orange County, with an average age of 58. 39% of them are women. 94 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 23 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Orange County stands out: it ranks #5 of 67 FL counties for total farm sales and #9 of 61 FL counties for honey bee colonies.