QUITMAN COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Looking for food grown in Quitman County? Backyard growers and small farms around Belen, Crowder and Sledge list it here. Fruit, vegetables, cottage foods, plants, seeds and farm gear are all welcome. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Quitman County by the Numbers

Quitman County has 224 farms on 182,110 acres (about 813 acres each). Together they sold $84.8 million of farm products in 2022, led by soybeans, cotton and corn.

Orchards and vineyards here grow pecans, and local fields produce tomatoes, cucumbers, lettuce and squash.

12 farms in Quitman County already sell straight to the public, about $65,000 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 Quitman County

About 369 people run or help run farms in Quitman County, with an average age of 63. 27% of them are women. 4 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.