LAFOURCHE COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 From Cut Off to Lockport, Lafourche County gardeners, small farms and home cooks post their extra harvest here for people nearby. Watch for local pecans when it comes into season in Louisiana. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Lafourche County by the Numbers

Lafourche County has 339 farms on 185,571 acres (about 547 acres each). Together they sold $68.5 million of farm products in 2022, led by hay & other field crops, cattle and nursery & greenhouse plants.

Orchards and vineyards here grow oranges and tangerines, and local fields produce okra, sweet corn, mustard greens and tomatoes. Beekeepers tend about 98 honey bee colonies.

43 farms in Lafourche County already sell straight to the public, about $189,000 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 Lafourche County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 15,445 head of cattle, 1,486 egg-laying hens and 355 goats in Lafourche County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 569 people run or help run farms in Lafourche County, with an average age of 54. 35% of them are women. 66 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 1 farm earns money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.