SEMINOLE COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 From Sanford to Forest City, Seminole 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. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Seminole County by the Numbers

Seminole County has 320 farms on 17,031 acres (about 53 acres each). Together they sold $16.1 million of farm products in 2022, led by nursery & greenhouse plants, cattle and fruit & nuts.

Orchards and vineyards here grow oranges, tangerines and grapefruit, and local fields produce mustard greens. Beekeepers tend about 2,285 honey bee colonies.

29 farms in Seminole County already sell straight to the public, about $69,000 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 Seminole County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Seminole County counts 3,943 head of cattle, 1,739 egg-laying hens and 746 horses and ponies. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 570 people run or help run farms in Seminole County, with an average age of 58. 45% of them are women. 39 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 12 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.