UNION COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Crop Market is a free online farmers market where neighbors in Lake Butler, Raiford and and Worthington Spri buy and sell food they grew, baked or raised. Fruit, vegetables, cottage foods, plants, seeds and farm gear are all welcome. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Union County by the Numbers

Union County has 329 farms on 37,467 acres (about 114 acres each). Together they sold $7.9 million of farm products in 2022, led by hay & other field crops, cattle and vegetables.

Orchards and vineyards here grow pecans, oranges and figs, and local fields produce squash. Beekeepers tend about 301 honey bee colonies.

22 farms in Union County already sell straight to the public, about $41,000 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 Union County

Union County farms and homesteads keep 7,438 head of cattle, 1,121 egg-laying hens and 404 goats. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 543 people run or help run farms in Union County, with an average age of 59. 40% of them are women. 17 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 7 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.