VERNON COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Crop Market is a free online farmers market where neighbors in Anacoco, Evans and Newllano buy and sell food they grew, baked or raised. Watch for local strawberries when it comes into season in Louisiana. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Vernon County by the Numbers

Vernon County has 429 farms on 35,677 acres (about 83 acres each). Together they sold $40.2 million of farm products in 2022, led by poultry & eggs, cattle and vegetables.

Orchards and vineyards here grow pears and plums, and local fields produce pumpkins, lettuce, potatoes and broccoli. Beekeepers tend about 332 honey bee colonies.

18 farms in Vernon County already sell straight to the public, about $44,000 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 Vernon County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Vernon County counts 8,163 head of cattle, 2,092 egg-laying hens and 1,003 goats. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 754 people run or help run farms in Vernon County, with an average age of 56. 38% of them are women. 79 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 Vernon County stands out: it ranks #4 of 56 LA counties for goats.