HURON COUNTY MARKET

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

🌽 Looking for food grown in Huron County? Backyard growers and small farms around Collins, Greenwich and North Fairfield list it here. Homemade jams, breads and honey are listed right next to fresh produce and seedlings. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Huron County by the Numbers

Huron County has 768 farms on 224,977 acres (about 293 acres each). Together they sold $295.4 million of farm products in 2022, led by soybeans, corn and poultry & eggs.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, and local fields produce squash, pumpkins and tomatoes. Beekeepers tend about 2,254 honey bee colonies.

43 farms in Huron County already sell straight to the public, about $260,000 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 Huron County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 284,840 egg-laying hens, 27,716 hogs and 14,803 head of cattle in Huron 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 Huron County, with an average age of 54. 29% of them are women. 205 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers.

Where Huron County stands out: it ranks #1 of 86 OH counties for honey bee colonies and #8 of 74 OH counties for egg-laying hens.