PLAQUEMINES COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Crop Market is a free online farmers market where neighbors in Belle Chasse, Boothville and Pointe A La Hach buy and sell food they grew, baked or raised. 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 Plaquemines County by the Numbers

Plaquemines County has 113 farms on 138,501 acres (about 1,226 acres each). Together they sold $14.5 million of farm products in 2022, led by aquaculture, nursery & greenhouse plants and fruit & nuts.

Orchards and vineyards here grow oranges, tangerines and pecans, and local fields produce tomatoes, cauliflower, cabbage and broccoli. Beekeepers tend about 271 honey bee colonies.

24 farms in Plaquemines County already sell straight to the public, about $123,000 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 Plaquemines County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Plaquemines County counts 1,887 head of cattle, 1,111 egg-laying hens and 195 hogs. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 167 people run or help run farms in Plaquemines County, with an average age of 60. 32% of them are women. 7 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers.