GALLIA COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Buy local in Gallia County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Bidwell, Cheshire and Rio Grande. Watch for local tomatoes when it comes into season in Ohio. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Gallia County by the Numbers

Gallia County has 771 farms on 101,469 acres (about 132 acres each). Together they sold $22.9 million of farm products in 2022, led by cattle, corn and poultry & eggs.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, grapes and pears, and local fields produce pumpkins, tomatoes, cucumbers and potatoes. Beekeepers tend about 68 honey bee colonies.

38 farms in Gallia County already sell straight to the public, about $314,000 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 Gallia County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 40,744 egg-laying hens, 15,081 head of cattle and 4,594 sheep in Gallia County. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 1,284 people run or help run farms in Gallia County, with an average age of 57. 33% of them are women. 154 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 4 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.