MARION COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 This is the Marion County page of Crop Market, a free online farmers market in Mississippi for Columbia, Foxworth and and Kokomo. 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 Marion County by the Numbers

Marion County has 391 farms on 55,155 acres (about 141 acres each). Together they sold $138.8 million of farm products in 2022, led by poultry & eggs, cattle and hay & other field crops.

Orchards and vineyards here grow pecans, and local fields produce potatoes, watermelons and tomatoes. Beekeepers tend about 11 honey bee colonies.

15 farms in Marion County already sell straight to the public, about $19,000 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 Marion County

Marion County farms and homesteads keep 335,516 egg-laying hens, 12,603 head of cattle and 662 goats. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 587 people run or help run farms in Marion County, with an average age of 58. 36% of them are women. 38 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers.

Where Marion County stands out: it ranks #1 of 70 MS counties for egg-laying hens and #15 of 73 MS counties for goats.