WASHINGTON COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 This is the Washington County page of Crop Market, a free online farmers market in Florida for Chipley, Ebro and and Wausau. 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 Washington County by the Numbers

Washington County has 400 farms on 50,297 acres (about 126 acres each). Together they sold $8.5 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, hay & other field crops and cotton.

Orchards and vineyards here grow pecans, chestnuts and apples, and local fields produce potatoes and eggplant. Beekeepers tend about 3,169 honey bee colonies.

20 farms in Washington County already sell straight to the public, about $140,000 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 Washington County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Washington County counts 9,212 head of cattle, 2,452 egg-laying hens and 560 horses and ponies. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 667 people run or help run farms in Washington County, with an average age of 61. 46% of them are women. 33 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.