ST. LUCIE COUNTY MARKET

St. Lucie County, Florida Farmers Market — Buy & Sell Local Crops Near You

🌽 Looking for food grown in St. Lucie County? Backyard growers and small farms around Fort Pierce, and Port Saint Lucie list it here. Florida favorites like citrus and strawberries show up here when they're in season. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in St. Lucie County by the Numbers

St. Lucie County has 404 farms on 165,667 acres (about 410 acres each). Together they sold $112.5 million of farm products in 2022, led by fruit & nuts, nursery & greenhouse plants and cattle.

Orchards and vineyards here grow oranges, grapefruit and lemons, and local fields produce eggplant. Beekeepers tend about 10,133 honey bee colonies.

23 farms in St. Lucie County already sell straight to the public, about $125,000 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 St. Lucie County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 32,357 head of cattle, 1,777 egg-laying hens and 609 goats in St. Lucie County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 745 people run or help run farms in St. Lucie County, with an average age of 58. 34% of them are women. 49 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers.

Where St. Lucie County stands out: it ranks #13 of 61 FL counties for honey bee colonies.