ACADIA COUNTY MARKET

Acadia County, Louisiana Farmers Market — Buy & Sell Local Crops Near You

🌽 From Branch to Evangeline, Acadia County gardeners, small farms and home cooks post their extra harvest here for people nearby. Homemade jams, breads and honey are listed right next to fresh produce and seedlings. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Acadia County by the Numbers

Acadia County has 754 farms on 285,254 acres (about 378 acres each). Together they sold $201.4 million of farm products in 2022, led by rice, aquaculture and cattle.

Beekeepers tend about 141 honey bee colonies.

30 farms in Acadia County already sell straight to the public, about $134,000 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 Acadia County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Acadia County counts 10,726 head of cattle, 1,878 egg-laying hens and 578 horses and ponies. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,240 people run or help run farms in Acadia County, with an average age of 57. 34% of them are women. 136 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 12 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Acadia County stands out: it ranks #2 of 64 LA counties for total farm sales and #10 of 64 LA counties for number of farms.