CALCASIEU COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Looking for food grown in Calcasieu County? Backyard growers and small farms around Lake Charles, Bell City and Starks list it here. Fruit, vegetables, cottage foods, plants, seeds and farm gear are all welcome. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Calcasieu County by the Numbers

Calcasieu County has 787 farms on 284,264 acres (about 361 acres each). Together they sold $22.6 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, rice and aquaculture.

Orchards and vineyards here grow pecans, tangerines and persimmons, and local fields produce okra, mustard greens, watermelons and tomatoes. Beekeepers tend about 239 honey bee colonies.

22 farms in Calcasieu County already sell straight to the public, about $77,000 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 Calcasieu County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Calcasieu County counts 38,788 head of cattle, 5,358 egg-laying hens and 1,818 horses and ponies. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,387 people run or help run farms in Calcasieu County, with an average age of 57. 37% of them are women. 111 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers.

Where Calcasieu County stands out: it ranks #3 of 56 LA counties for goats and #7 of 64 LA counties for number of farms.