SANTA ROSA COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Santa Rosa County has more backyard fruit trees and home gardens than anyone could eat from. Crop Market connects them with neighbors in Milton, Gulf Breeze and and Pace. Florida favorites like strawberries and tomatoes show up here when they're in season. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Santa Rosa County by the Numbers

Santa Rosa County has 732 farms on 89,731 acres (about 123 acres each). Together they sold $64.2 million of farm products in 2022, led by nursery & greenhouse plants, hay & other field crops and cotton.

Orchards and vineyards here grow pecans, chestnuts and lemons, and local fields produce green beans, bell peppers, cucumbers and sweet corn. Beekeepers tend about 277 honey bee colonies.

49 farms in Santa Rosa County already sell straight to the public, about $157,000 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 Santa Rosa County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Santa Rosa County counts 6,955 head of cattle, 4,464 egg-laying hens and 1,292 goats. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,317 people run or help run farms in Santa Rosa County, with an average age of 57. 40% of them are women. 111 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers.