VERMILION COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 From Delcambre to and Maurice, Vermilion County gardeners, small farms and home cooks post their extra harvest here for people nearby. Homemade jams, breads and honey are listed right next to fresh produce and seedlings. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Vermilion County by the Numbers

Vermilion County has 1,113 farms on 319,376 acres (about 287 acres each). Together they sold $210.3 million of farm products in 2022, led by hay & other field crops, rice and aquaculture.

Orchards and vineyards here grow pecans and figs, and local fields produce sweet corn, okra, tomatoes and green beans. Beekeepers tend about 191 honey bee colonies.

38 farms in Vermilion County already sell straight to the public, about $371,000 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 Vermilion County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 23,326 head of cattle, 1,410 egg-laying hens and 1,042 horses and ponies in Vermilion County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,688 people run or help run farms in Vermilion County, with an average age of 57. 28% of them are women. 181 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 3 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Vermilion County stands out: it ranks #1 of 64 LA counties for number of farms and #1 of 64 LA counties for total farm sales.