CLARKE COUNTY MARKET

Clarke County, Mississippi Farmers Market — Buy & Sell Local Crops Near You

🌽 This is the Clarke County page of Crop Market, a free online farmers market in Mississippi for Enterprise, Matherville and and Stonewall. Homemade jams, breads and honey are listed right next to fresh produce and seedlings. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Clarke County by the Numbers

Clarke County has 279 farms on 59,638 acres (about 214 acres each). Together they sold $78.8 million of farm products in 2022, led by poultry & eggs, soybeans and corn.

Orchards and vineyards here grow pears, and local fields produce green peas and potatoes. Beekeepers tend about 74 honey bee colonies.

5 farms in Clarke County already sell straight to the public. 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 Clarke County

Clarke County farms and homesteads keep 7,747 head of cattle, 1,389 egg-laying hens and 483 goats. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 488 people run or help run farms in Clarke County, with an average age of 57. 38% of them are women. 56 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 1 farm earns money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.