CLARK COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 From Springfield to North Hampton, Clark 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. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Clark County by the Numbers

Clark County has 833 farms on 170,922 acres (about 205 acres each). Together they sold $195.7 million of farm products in 2022, led by corn, soybeans and hogs.

Orchards and vineyards here grow pears and grapes, and local fields produce sweet corn, pumpkins, tomatoes and watermelons. Beekeepers tend about 701 honey bee colonies.

67 farms in Clark County already sell straight to the public, about $687,000 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 Clark County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 43,198 hogs, 14,487 head of cattle and 2,438 egg-laying hens in Clark County.

About 1,504 people run or help run farms in Clark County, with an average age of 57. 37% of them are women. 153 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 11 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Clark County stands out: it ranks #12 of 86 OH counties for honey bee colonies.