PEARL RIVER COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 From Carriere to and Poplarville, Pearl River County gardeners, small farms and home cooks post their extra harvest here for people nearby. Mississippi favorites like muscadines and sweet potatoes show up here when they're in season. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Pearl River County by the Numbers

Pearl River County has 665 farms on 104,384 acres (about 157 acres each). Together they sold $26.8 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, nursery & greenhouse plants and fruit & nuts.

Orchards and vineyards here grow pecans, grapes and figs, and local fields produce cantaloupes, watermelons, lettuce and cucumbers. Beekeepers tend about 142 honey bee colonies.

55 farms in Pearl River County already sell straight to the public, about $350,000 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 Pearl River County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Pearl River County counts 21,850 head of cattle, 4,629 egg-laying hens and 1,407 goats. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,161 people run or help run farms in Pearl River County, with an average age of 60. 39% of them are women. 86 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 6 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Pearl River County stands out: it ranks #1 of 73 MS counties for goats and #2 of 65 MS counties for selling food straight to the public.