TAYLOR COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Looking for food grown in Taylor County? Backyard growers and small farms around Perry, Salem and and Steinhatchee list it here. 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 Taylor County by the Numbers

Taylor County has 212 farms on 43,289 acres (about 204 acres each). Together they sold $22 million of farm products in 2022, led by poultry & eggs, cattle and nursery & greenhouse plants.

Orchards and vineyards here grow tangerines, oranges and olives, and local fields produce sweet corn, watermelons and squash. Beekeepers tend about 84 honey bee colonies.

6 farms in Taylor County already sell straight to the public, about $4,000 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 Taylor County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Taylor County counts 3,906 head of cattle, 335 egg-laying hens and 314 goats. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 332 people run or help run farms in Taylor County, with an average age of 64. 36% of them are women. 4 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers.