EAST CARROLL COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Looking for food grown in East Carroll County? Backyard growers and small farms around Lake Providence, Sondheimer and and Transylvania list it here. Homemade jams, breads and honey are listed right next to fresh produce and seedlings. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in East Carroll County by the Numbers

East Carroll County has 273 farms on 260,617 acres (about 955 acres each). Together they sold $134.8 million of farm products in 2022, led by soybeans, corn and cotton.

3 farms in East Carroll County already sell straight to the public, about $2,000 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 East Carroll County

East Carroll County farms and homesteads keep 202 goats, 188 egg-laying hens and 142 head of cattle. Goat milk, cheese and soap are popular homestead products.

About 520 people run or help run farms in East Carroll County, with an average age of 55. 31% of them are women. 101 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 2 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.