ORLEANS COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Buy local in Orleans County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in New Orleans and the rest of Orleans County. Homemade jams, breads and honey are listed right next to fresh produce and seedlings. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Orleans County by the Numbers

Orleans County has 48 farms on 171 acres (about 4 acres each). Together they sold $1.1 million of farm products in 2022, led by vegetables, nursery & greenhouse plants and honey.

Orchards and vineyards here grow pecans and oranges, and local fields produce green onions, tomatoes, collard greens and cucumbers. Beekeepers tend about 83 honey bee colonies.

11 farms in Orleans County already sell straight to the public, about $282,000 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 Orleans County

Orleans County farms and homesteads keep 699 egg-laying hens. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 92 people run or help run farms in Orleans County, with an average age of 43. 47% of them are women. 39 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 4 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Orleans County stands out: it ranks #11 of 52 LA counties for selling food straight to the public.