TANGIPAHOA COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Crop Market is a free online farmers market where neighbors in Hammond, Amite and Kentwood buy and sell food they grew, baked or raised. Watch for local strawberries when it comes into season in Louisiana. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Tangipahoa County by the Numbers

Tangipahoa County has 816 farms on 86,842 acres (about 106 acres each). Together they sold $49.1 million of farm products in 2022, led by nursery & greenhouse plants, dairy (milk) and cattle.

Orchards and vineyards here grow pecans, tangerines and figs, and local fields produce bell peppers, sweet corn, cabbage and cucumbers. Beekeepers tend about 944 honey bee colonies.

69 farms in Tangipahoa County already sell straight to the public, about $614,000 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 Tangipahoa County

Tangipahoa County farms and homesteads keep 26,389 head of cattle, 4,021 egg-laying hens and 1,541 goats. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,420 people run or help run farms in Tangipahoa County, with an average age of 58. 39% of them are women. 124 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers.

Where Tangipahoa County stands out: it ranks #1 of 56 LA counties for goats and #5 of 64 LA counties for number of farms.