STONE COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Buy local in Stone County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Mc Henry, Perkinston and and Wiggins. Homemade jams, breads and honey are listed right next to fresh produce and seedlings. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Stone County by the Numbers

Stone County has 280 farms on 36,502 acres (about 130 acres each). Together they sold $17.8 million of farm products in 2022, led by hay & other field crops, fruit & nuts and sheep & goats.

Orchards and vineyards here grow pecans, grapes and pears, and local fields produce sweet corn, tomatoes, potatoes and okra.

8 farms in Stone County already sell straight to the public, about $103,000 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 Stone County

Stone County farms and homesteads keep 8,155 head of cattle, 1,625 egg-laying hens and 1,018 sheep. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 462 people run or help run farms in Stone County, with an average age of 59. 37% of them are women. 30 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 Stone County stands out: it ranks #13 of 65 MS counties for selling food straight to the public.