VOLUSIA COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Crop Market is a free online farmers market where neighbors in Daytona Beach, Deland and Ormond Beach buy and sell food they grew, baked or raised. Florida favorites like tomatoes and honey show up here when they're in season. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Volusia County by the Numbers

Volusia County has 1,374 farms on 95,988 acres (about 70 acres each). Together they sold $251.1 million of farm products in 2022, led by nursery & greenhouse plants, cattle and horses.

Orchards and vineyards here grow oranges, grapefruit and pecans, and local fields produce sweet potatoes, lettuce, green beans and squash. Beekeepers tend about 14,850 honey bee colonies.

134 farms in Volusia County already sell straight to the public, about $285,000 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 Volusia County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 9,965 head of cattle, 7,405 egg-laying hens and 2,825 horses and ponies in Volusia County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 2,381 people run or help run farms in Volusia County, with an average age of 59. 43% of them are women. 162 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 32 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Volusia County stands out: it ranks #5 of 61 FL counties for honey bee colonies and #7 of 67 FL counties for number of farms.