PASCO COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 This is the Pasco County page of Crop Market, a free online farmers market in Florida for New Port Richey, Zephyrhills and Land O Lakes. Watch for local strawberries when it comes into season in Florida. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Pasco County by the Numbers

Pasco County has 1,190 farms on 132,011 acres (about 111 acres each). Together they sold $137.3 million of farm products in 2022, led by poultry & eggs, fruit & nuts and nursery & greenhouse plants.

Orchards and vineyards here grow oranges, tangerines and peaches, and local fields produce chile peppers, sweet potatoes, tomatoes and lettuce. Beekeepers tend about 4,157 honey bee colonies.

66 farms in Pasco County already sell straight to the public, about $282,000 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 Pasco County

Pasco County farms and homesteads keep 2,636,116 egg-laying hens, 34,635 head of cattle and 1,854 horses and ponies. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 2,114 people run or help run farms in Pasco County, with an average age of 60. 41% of them are women. 120 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 38 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Pasco County stands out: it ranks #1 of 55 FL counties for egg-laying hens and #9 of 67 FL counties for number of farms.