ASHTABULA COUNTY MARKET

Ashtabula County, Ohio Farmers Market — Buy & Sell Local Crops Near You

🌽 From Roaming Shores to Dorset, Ashtabula County gardeners, small farms and home cooks post their extra harvest here for people nearby. 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 Ashtabula County by the Numbers

Ashtabula County has 1,034 farms on 134,274 acres (about 130 acres each). Together they sold $81.3 million of farm products in 2022, led by soybeans, corn and dairy (milk).

Orchards and vineyards here grow grapes, apples and chestnuts, and local fields produce pumpkins, sweet corn, tomatoes and squash. Beekeepers tend about 452 honey bee colonies.

117 farms in Ashtabula County already sell straight to the public, about $3.1 million 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 Ashtabula County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Ashtabula County counts 10,743 head of cattle, 7,238 egg-laying hens and 2,430 sheep. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,826 people run or help run farms in Ashtabula County, with an average age of 56. 38% of them are women. 187 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 12 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Ashtabula County stands out: it ranks #7 of 88 OH counties for selling food straight to the public.