CARROLL COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 From Bowerston to and Sherrodsville, Carroll County gardeners, small farms and home cooks post their extra harvest here for people nearby. Ohio favorites like apples and tomatoes show up here when they're in season. Posting an ad is free and sellers keep every dollar.

Farming in Carroll County by the Numbers

Carroll County has 817 farms on 111,677 acres (about 137 acres each). Together they sold $53.1 million of farm products in 2022, led by corn, dairy (milk) and cattle.

Orchards and vineyards here grow chestnuts, walnuts and hazelnuts, and local fields produce sweet corn, pumpkins, cantaloupes and tomatoes. Beekeepers tend about 107 honey bee colonies.

55 farms in Carroll County already sell straight to the public, about $363,000 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 Carroll County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 14,076 head of cattle, 2,751 egg-laying hens and 1,238 sheep in Carroll County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,416 people run or help run farms in Carroll County, with an average age of 56. 34% of them are women. 141 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.