TERREBONNE COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Looking for food grown in Terrebonne County? Backyard growers and small farms around Houma, Bourg and Gray list it here. Louisiana favorites like strawberries and sweet potatoes show up here when they're in season. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Terrebonne County by the Numbers

Terrebonne County has 137 farms on 43,451 acres (about 317 acres each). Together they sold $23.4 million of farm products in 2022, led by aquaculture, fruit & nuts and nursery & greenhouse plants.

Orchards and vineyards here grow oranges and pecans, and local fields produce pumpkins, okra and mustard greens. Beekeepers tend about 340 honey bee colonies.

10 farms in Terrebonne County already sell straight to the public, about $14,000 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 Terrebonne County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Terrebonne County counts 1,403 head of cattle, 685 egg-laying hens and 290 horses and ponies. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 221 people run or help run farms in Terrebonne County, with an average age of 59. 29% of them are women. 32 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 2 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.