Fayette

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

🌽 Buy local in Fayette County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Bloomingburg, Jeffersonville and and Washington Court. 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 Fayette County by the Numbers

Fayette County has 550 farms on 202,425 acres (about 368 acres each). Together they sold $192.6 million of farm products in 2022, led by corn, soybeans and dairy (milk).

Orchards and vineyards here grow grapes, and local fields produce sweet corn, pumpkins, green beans and tomatoes. Beekeepers tend about 432 honey bee colonies.

29 farms in Fayette County already sell straight to the public, about $431,000 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 Fayette County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 6,434 head of cattle, 6,196 hogs and 1,275 sheep in Fayette County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 925 people run or help run farms in Fayette County, with an average age of 56. 28% of them are women. 107 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers.