CLERMONT COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Looking for food grown in Clermont County? Backyard growers and small farms around Amelia, Batavia and Felicity 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 Clermont County by the Numbers

Clermont County has 815 farms on 85,840 acres (about 105 acres each). Together they sold $50.6 million of farm products in 2022, led by soybeans, corn and horses.

Orchards and vineyards here grow grapes, apples and pears, and local fields produce pumpkins, sweet corn, tomatoes and green beans. Beekeepers tend about 1,052 honey bee colonies.

83 farms in Clermont County already sell straight to the public, about $692,000 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 Clermont County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 5,272 egg-laying hens, 3,228 head of cattle and 1,643 horses and ponies in Clermont County. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 1,430 people run or help run farms in Clermont County, with an average age of 59. 42% of them are women. 102 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 14 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Clermont County stands out: it ranks #4 of 86 OH counties for honey bee colonies and #14 of 88 OH counties for goats.