HAMILTON COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Buy local in Hamilton County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Cincinnati, Groesbeck and Addyston. Fruit, vegetables, cottage foods, plants, seeds and farm gear are all welcome. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Hamilton County by the Numbers

Hamilton County has 322 farms on 18,884 acres (about 59 acres each). Together they sold $31.6 million of farm products in 2022, led by nursery & greenhouse plants, corn and vegetables.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, peaches and walnuts, and local fields produce sweet corn, pumpkins, tomatoes and carrots. Beekeepers tend about 492 honey bee colonies.

59 farms in Hamilton County already sell straight to the public, about $1.4 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 Hamilton County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 1,537 head of cattle, 1,334 turkeys and 1,333 egg-laying hens in Hamilton County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 618 people run or help run farms in Hamilton County, with an average age of 60. 38% of them are women. 70 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 6 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.