BIENVILLE COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Crop Market is a free online farmers market where neighbors in Arcadia, Bienville and Jamestown buy and sell food they grew, baked or raised. Louisiana favorites like strawberries and sweet potatoes show up here when they're in season. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Bienville County by the Numbers

Bienville County has 150 farms on 16,269 acres (about 108 acres each). Together they sold $36.6 million of farm products in 2022, led by poultry & eggs, vegetables and cattle.

Orchards and vineyards here grow peaches, plums and apples, and local fields produce watermelons, cantaloupes, green peas and sweet corn. Beekeepers tend about 46 honey bee colonies.

16 farms in Bienville County already sell straight to the public, about $42,000 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 Bienville County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 2,452 head of cattle, 179 horses and ponies and 81 goats in Bienville County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 276 people run or help run farms in Bienville County, with an average age of 56. 38% of them are women. 28 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers.