COLUMBIANA COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 This is the Columbiana County page of Crop Market, a free online farmers market in Ohio for Calcutta, Columbiana and Hanoverton. Watch for local maple syrup when it comes into season in Ohio. It's free to post, there's no cut taken, and local farm food carries no sales tax.

Farming in Columbiana County by the Numbers

Columbiana County has 1,129 farms on 153,993 acres (about 136 acres each). Together they sold $172.5 million of farm products in 2022, led by poultry & eggs, dairy (milk) and corn.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, peaches and grapes, and local fields produce sweet corn, pumpkins, tomatoes and bell peppers. Beekeepers tend about 240 honey bee colonies.

93 farms in Columbiana County already sell straight to the public, about $2.9 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 Columbiana County

Columbiana County farms and homesteads keep 27,176 egg-laying hens, 25,068 head of cattle and 5,304 hogs. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 1,997 people run or help run farms in Columbiana County, with an average age of 56. 35% of them are women. 257 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 7 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Columbiana County stands out: it ranks #11 of 88 OH counties for selling food straight to the public and #16 of 88 OH counties for number of farms.