GEAUGA COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Buy local in Geauga County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Burton, Chagrin Falls and Middlefield. Watch for local tomatoes 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 Geauga County by the Numbers

Geauga County has 1,133 farms on 66,881 acres (about 59 acres each). Together they sold $38.9 million of farm products in 2022, led by dairy (milk), nursery & greenhouse plants and hay & other field crops.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, grapes and peaches, and local fields produce sweet corn, pumpkins, tomatoes and green beans. Beekeepers tend about 490 honey bee colonies.

214 farms in Geauga County already sell straight to the public, about $3.3 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 Geauga County

Out in the pastures and barnyards, Geauga County counts 10,444 egg-laying hens, 6,722 head of cattle and 3,498 horses and ponies. Fresh farm eggs are one of the easiest things to buy and sell locally.

About 2,067 people run or help run farms in Geauga County, with an average age of 54. 35% of them are women. 316 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 35 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.

Where Geauga County stands out: it ranks #5 of 88 OH counties for selling food straight to the public and #15 of 88 OH counties for number of farms.