EVANGELINE COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Buy local in Evangeline County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Basile, Chataignier and Saint Landry. 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 Evangeline County by the Numbers

Evangeline County has 565 farms on 176,523 acres (about 312 acres each). Together they sold $76.9 million of farm products in 2022, led by rice, aquaculture and soybeans.

Orchards and vineyards here grow pecans. Beekeepers tend about 77 honey bee colonies.

16 farms in Evangeline County already sell straight to the public, about $62,000 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 Evangeline County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Evangeline County counts 15,579 head of cattle, 811 egg-laying hens and 765 horses and ponies. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 961 people run or help run farms in Evangeline County, with an average age of 58. 35% of them are women. 63 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 5 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.