FAIRFIELD COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Looking for food grown in Fairfield County? Backyard growers and small farms around Amanda, Baltimore and Lithopolis list it here. Ohio favorites like sweet corn and apples 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 Fairfield County by the Numbers

Fairfield County has 1,082 farms on 193,611 acres (about 179 acres each). Together they sold $160.4 million of farm products in 2022, led by corn, soybeans and hogs.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, grapes and peaches, and local fields produce pumpkins, sweet corn, green beans and squash. Beekeepers tend about 801 honey bee colonies.

134 farms in Fairfield County already sell straight to the public, about $1.6 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 Fairfield County

Fairfield County farms and homesteads keep 32,269 hogs, 7,524 head of cattle and 5,527 egg-laying hens.

About 1,957 people run or help run farms in Fairfield County, with an average age of 58. 37% of them are women. 147 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 19 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Fairfield County stands out: it ranks #10 of 86 OH counties for honey bee colonies and #18 of 88 OH counties for selling food straight to the public.